【reply音标】 英[rɪˈplaɪ] 美[rɪˈplaɪ]
【单词释义】 reply是什么意思：
n.回答，答复；反应；报复（行动）；[法律]答辩
vi.[法律]（原告对被告）答辩；反响；作答；（以行动）做出反应
vt.回应，作出反应
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] replies [第三人称单数] replies
[单词现在分词] replying
[单词过去式] replied
[单词过去分词] replied
【reply形近词/近似词】
imply v. 暗示，暗指；意味着
supply v.供给；供应 n.供给；供应
simply adv.简单地，朴素地；（引出概括或解释）不过，仅仅
multiply v. 乘；相乘；（使）增加
comply vi.遵从；服从；依从，顺从
apply vi.申请，请求 vt.应用；涂;敷
【近义词解析】
◇ 回答
answer (v. 回答，答复)：普通用词，指通过文字、言语或行动作出回答，一般不后接介词 to。
reply (v. 回答，答复)：比较正式，多指经过考虑后给出答案，一般不用于口语，常后接介词 to。
respond (v. 回答，响应)：较正式用词，指以言语或行动作出回应，常后接介词 to/with。
【单词例句】
◇ "Oh, I will give you anything, dear frog," she replied. "What will you want----my dresses, my pearls and jewels, or my golden crown?"
她回答说：“哦，我会给你任何东西，亲爱的青蛙。你要什么－－我的衣服，珍珠，珠宝还是我金色的王冠呢？”
---- The Frog Prince
◇ She sent emails to his mailbox every week to state her thinking and ask for his accompaniment, but never received reply of satisfaction.
她每周都给他的邮箱发电子邮件陈述她的想法，要求他的陪伴，但却从未收到满意答复。
---- Happy Marriage Needs Fighting For
◇ "Oh, very badly indeed!" she replied. "I have scarcely closed my eyes the whole night through. I do not know what was in my bed, but I had something hard under me, and am all over black and blue. It has hurt me so much!"
“啊，不舒服极了！”公主说，“我差不多整夜没合上眼！天晓得我床上有件什么东西？我睡到一块很硬的东西上面，弄得我全身发青发紫，这真怕人！”
---- The Real Princess
◇ "Mercy!" cried Karen. But she did not hear the angel's reply, for the shoes carried her through the gate into the fields, across roads and bridges, and she must keep ever dancing.
"请饶了我吧！"珈伦叫起来。不过她没有听到安琪儿的回答，因为这双鞋把她带出门，到田野上去了，带到大路上和小路上去了。她得不停地跳舞。
---- The Red Shoes
◇ "Oh, it is excellent!" replied the old minister, looking at the loom through his spectacles. "This pattern, and the colors, yes, I will tell the Emperor without delay, how very beautiful I think them."
“啊，美极了！真是美妙极了！”老大臣说。他戴着眼镜仔细地看。“多么美的花纹！多么美的色彩！是的，我将要呈报皇上说我对于这布感到非常满意。”
◇ "I am no longer a kid, I don't play around trees anymore." The boy replied, "I want toys. I need money to buy them."
“我不再是小孩了，我不会再到树下玩耍了。”男孩答到，“我想要玩具，我需要钱来买。”
---- A Boy and His Tree
◇ "You don't owe me anything," she replied. "Mother has taught me never to accept pay for a kindness."
年轻女子微笑着回答：“一分钱也不用付。我妈妈教导我，施以爱心，不图回报。”
---- The warmth of a cup of milk
◇ "I am looking for my brothers, the seven ravens," she replied.
小女孩回答说：“我来找那七只乌鸦，他们是我的哥哥。”
---- The Seven Ravens
◇ "Yes indeed," replied the devil, "on a treasure that contains more gold and silver than you have ever seen in your life."
“正是财宝。”魔鬼答道，“而且比你一生见到的都要多呢！”