say or make an answer, in speech or writing
give an answer in the form of an action; respond
sth said, written or done as a way of replying
"I waited several days for his answer"
"he wrote replies to several of his critics"
"he growled his reply"
"She didn't want to answer"
"answer the question"
"We answered that we would accept the invitation"
Cubellis answered the advertisement, sending his reply to a box number.
出自: D. Carnegie
I had no adequate reply to the question.
出自: J. Marquand
Her Majesty was..pleased to make reply.
出自:Times
Trinidad's reply to our total..was to make 392 for eight.
出自: G. Boycott
Milton replies to these..charges by a lengthy account.
出自: M. Pattison
I thought I would..reply to my father's letter.
出自: W. Styron
我来代大家回答好吗?
David Jones rose to reply for the guests.
大卫·琼斯站起来代表来宾致答词。
老师回答了约翰提出的问题。
I wrote,but she did not reply to my letter.
我写信给她,但她没有回信。
She replied to their angry question by calmly walking out of the room.
她安静地走出房间,以此作为对他们气冲冲提问的回答。
The enemy did not reply to our fire.
敌人对我们的炮火没有还击。
None of my letters have been replied to.
我发出的信一封也没有回音。
他以尖刻的言语作答。
The girl replied only with a smile.
这女孩仅以微笑来答复。
He did not know what to reply.
他不知应该回答什么。
He did not know how to reply to my question.
他对我的问题不知应如何作答。
He replied to her letter, but he did not answer her questions.
他回复了她的信,但是没有回答她的问题。
误 Please reply me as early as possible.
正 Please reply to me as early as possible.
误 They don't think the letter worth replying.
正 They don't think the letter worth replying to.
析 reply用作及物动词时,只接that从句作宾语,而不可直接接sb/sth 作宾语,须说reply to sb/sth。
误 I have replied to his letter for a week.
正 I replied to his letter a week ago.
正 It is a week since I replied to his letter.
析 reply是瞬间动词,不可与表示一段时间的状语连用。