answer,reply,respond的用法:都有“回答”、“答復(fù)”的意思。
answer v. “回答”、“答復(fù)”,可指口頭或書面。
answer作“回答”講時(shí),是一方提出問題另一方回答常用詞,較常用,我們既可以說 answer a question,回答問題,也可以說 answer the doorbell,聽見門鈴響去開門,還可以說 answer the telephone,接電話。Excuse me, can you give me an answer of this question?
例句:I asked him a question, but he would not answer.我問了他一個(gè)問題,可是他不愿回答。
reply v. “回答”、“答復(fù)”,正式用語,可指口頭或書面,有經(jīng)過考慮后較為正式地作出回答的含義。
reply較正式,除了后面跟直接引語或以that開始的句子外,一般只用作不及物動(dòng)詞,后面連用to,表示回答別人的問題(話語、信件、祝賀、攻擊等)特別是在寫信中常用此句開頭:Thank you for your reply. Do you have any suggestions as to how we should reply to his questions?關(guān)于如何回答他的問題,你有沒有什么建議?
reply在句中用作不及物動(dòng)詞,作“回答”解,常用reply to sb/sth,表示“對……作出回答”,作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),是“答道”,“回答說”的意思,后跟直接引語或賓語從句。作名詞時(shí),作“回答”、“回信”、“答復(fù)”解,例如:
She cried, but didn’t reply.她哭了,但不回答。
Please reply to my question at once.請立刻回答我的問題。
respond vi. “回答”、“答復(fù)”,可指口頭或書面做出回答,或以具體動(dòng)作表示答復(fù)。
respond作“答”、“回答”講,為正式用語,常與介詞to連用。通常只對號召、職責(zé)、請求、緊急情況等做出反應(yīng)或回應(yīng)。
She never responded to his opinion.她從未對他的意見作出過反應(yīng)。/I greeted him, but he didn't respond.我跟他打招呼,但他沒理我.
例句:The lecturer briefly responded to my question.演講者簡短地回答了我的問題。