1.reply用作名词的意思是“回答,答复”,引申可指“答案”。
2.reply常与介词to连用。
3.当reply指“回答”时,是及物动词。
4.当reply指“答复”时,是不及物动词,如有宾语应加介词to,宾语应该是答复的具体对象。
5.reply后不可接人和that从句;
6.answer与reply有区别:answer是及物动词,可以直接跟宾语,也可以用answer to的结构,前者更常用。而reply作“答复”解时,是不及物动词,必须用to。answer有具体回答问题的意思,而reply仅仅是回复。
7.reply可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作不及物动词时常与介词to或for连用; 用作及物动词时接that引导的宾语从句,有时也可引出直接引语。
Please reply as soon as is practicably possible.
请尽早回复。
I'm always emailing her, but nine times out of ten she doesn't reply.
我常常给她发电邮,但十之八九她都不回复。
I asked her what her name was but she made no reply.
我问她叫什么名字,但她没有回答。
You should receive a reply within seven days.
你会在七天之内收到答复。
Morocco scored four goals without reply to win the game.
摩洛哥队在一球未失的情况下连入四球,赢得了这场比赛。