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动词answer和reply辨析

 人阅读 | 作者xiaofeng | 时间:2023-07-13 00:22

动词answer和reply都表示回答,但它们的使用场合有一定的差异。

1.answer意思是“回答”,是一个普通用词,使用范围广,可以做及物动词和不及物动词。它只对问题或者请求答复,包括以口头书面及动作来回答,也可以用于指对别人的指责或者控告的答复。比如:

I cannot answer you right now.我不能马上达答复你。He answered the examination paper quite well.他试卷答的相当好。

Please answer my question.请回答我的问题。He refused to answer the charges against him.他拒绝对他的指控进行答辩。

2.reply当“回答,答复”讲时,常用于比较正式的场合或者做出比较正式的答复,含有针对别人的观点,经过周密思考后的答复的意思。比如:

I sent in my application, and the university replied immediately.我递交了申请书,该大学马上给我答复。He replied that he had caught cold and would not come to the reception.他答复说,他感冒了,所以不能来参加招待会。

I asked him several questions, but he did not reply although it seemed tom me that he had been thinking about them seriously.我问他几个问题,他都没回答,虽然我感到他似乎认真地考虑了这些问题。

3.需要注意的是:answer后面跟的宾语是telephone、door、bell时,表示的是对这些事物“做出反应”,是一种固定搭配,即answer the telephone(接电话)、answer the door(开门)、answer the bell(应门)。这里就不能用reply。比如:

She answered her phone on the first ring.她在响第一声铃时就接了电话。

reply to 和answer有时后面接相同的宾语,从字面上看,它们的意思相同,但实际含义不太一样。比如:

Did he answer your letter?他回复你的信了吗?

I will reply to his letter at once.我马上给他回信。

例1中的answer your letter主要侧重写回信,说明已收到来信,回信的内容并不一定重要。而 reply to his letter则侧重回信的内容,对来信中提到的每一个点都要逐一做出答复,有较强的针对性。再比如:

answer his salute; reply to his salute

answer his salute表示对于他的敬礼做出反应,比如点头、招手、微笑都可以。而 reply to his salute表示以礼相还,也就是说他对你敬礼,你也对他敬个礼


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