ADJECTIVE | VERB + REPLY | REPLY + VERB | REPLY + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤brief, monosyllabic (especially BrE) 簡短的答覆;單音節詞的回答➤blunt, curt, short, terse率直的/唐突無禮的/簡短的/扼要的答覆◇His reply was short and to the point.他的回答簡要而中肯。➤sarcastic, scathing諷刺的/刻薄的答覆▸➤only唯一的回答◇A non-committal grunt was his only reply.他只是不置可否地咕噥了一聲,算作回答。➤simple簡單的回答◇Her reply was simple: 'No.'她的回答是一個簡單的“不”字。➤standard, usual標準的/通常的答覆◇'No comment' is his standard reply to most questions.“無可奉告”是他對多數問題的標準回答。➤straight直截了當的答覆◇She refused to give a straight reply, deciding rather to defer the question.她不願直截了當地回答,決定把這個問題先拖着。➤evasive, non-committal模稜兩可的/不置可否的回答➤proper, satisfactory (especially BrE) 適當的答覆;令人滿意的回答➤suitable適宜的回答▸➤correct正確的回答▸➤affirmative, positive肯定的回答▸➤negative否定的回答▸➤early, immediate, prompt, quick及早的答覆;立即回答;迅速回答▸➤formal正式答覆▸➤individual, personal個別/親自答覆▸➤written書面答覆➤polite禮貌的答覆➤thoughtful經縝密思考的答覆◇Many thanks for your thoughtful reply, we greatly appreciate it.非常感謝你縝密思考後的答覆,對此我們很感激。➤witty機智的答覆➤muffled壓低了聲音的答覆◇'I'm in here!' came the muffled reply.“我在這裏!” 一個壓低了的聲音回答道。VERB + REPLY➤get, have, receive得到答覆;有答覆;收到答覆◇Have you had a reply to your letter yet?你收到回信了嗎?➤give sb, make, offer給某人答覆;作答◇He made no reply, but simply walked away.他沒答話,而是逕直走開了。◇Grace could offer no reply.格雷絲回答不上來。➤post, send, send back, type, write貼回覆;寄答覆;寄回答覆;打出回覆;寫回覆◇I'll post the replies later on my web page.稍後我會把回覆貼在我的網頁上。◇I must write my letter in time for them to send back a reply.我必須及時寫信,以便他們能來得及答覆。➤elicit, produce探出答覆;引出回答◇The report elicited a formal reply from the department.這一報告使該部門作出了正式回覆。◇The questionnaire produced 9 000 replies.調查問卷收到了 9,000 份答卷。➤grunt (sth in), mumble (sth in), mutter (sth in)咕噥着回答;含糊地回答◇'Mmm!' she grunted in reply.“唔!”她嗯了一聲作為回答。➤wait for等待答覆➤await, expect (in letters書信中使用) (bothformal) 敬候賜覆;盼覆◇I await your reply with interest.敬候賜覆並心嚮往之。➤hear, read聽見回答;讀到回覆◇She heard no reply.她沒有聽見任何回答。REPLY + VERB➤come, come back答覆到來◇'No!' came the reply.回答說“不!”◇A reply came back the next day.第二天答覆來了。➤be forthcoming答覆即將作出◇No reply seemed to be forthcoming.似乎一切杳無音信。REPLY + NOUN➤card, envelope, form, slip (BrE) 回執卡;回執信封;回執表格;回執◇Please complete the reply card and return it to us as soon as possible.請填好回執卡並儘快寄還我們。➤button (= in email)回覆鍵◇It's easy to just hit the reply button.只需點擊回覆鍵就行,很簡單。PREPOSITION➤in reply (to sth)答覆(⋯)◇What did they say in reply?他們是怎麼回答的?◇I am writing in reply to your request for information on hotels in Italy.現回覆您關於意大利旅館情況的問詢。➤reply from來自⋯的答覆◇a reply from the minister部長的答覆➤reply to對⋯的答覆◇my reply to your query對您質詢的答覆PHRASES➤a/the right of reply (especially BrE) 回應機會◇I am grateful to you for having given me a right of reply (= the opportunity to respond) to the article in your magazine about my company.感謝您給予我機會回應貴刊登載的有關我公司的文章。reply
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ADVERB | VERB + REPLY | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤merely, simply僅僅/只是回答◇He simply replied that he hadn't the faintest idea.他只是回答說他一點兒都不知道。➤directly直接回答◇She did not reply directly to the allegations.她沒有對這些指控作直接回應。➤personally親自答覆◇Well, you weren't expecting him to reply personally, were you?喲,你不會是期待他親自答覆你吧 ?➤at once, immediately馬上/立即回答▸➤hastily, hurriedly, promptly, quickly匆忙/倉促/迅速/快速回答▸➤slowly慢慢地回答▸➤at length詳細回答◇She replied at length, but not to the point.她回答得很詳細,但卻不得要領。➤briefly, briskly, curtly, gruffly, shortly簡短地/輕快地/簡要地/冷淡地/簡單敷衍地回答➤abruptly, sharply唐突地/尖銳地回答▸➤bluntly, flatly直率地/斷然回答◇'No, you're not!' Graham replied bluntly.“不,你不是 ! ”格雷厄姆直率地答道。➤firmly堅定地回答▸➤gently, politely, soothingly溫柔地回答;禮貌地回答;撫慰地答覆▸➤lightly輕率地回答▸➤seriously嚴肅地回答▸➤quietly, softly輕聲地回答▸➤angrily, bitterly, crossly, indignantly, sourly生氣地回答;譏諷地回答;氣憤地回答;沒好氣地答覆◇'It was your fault!' she replied angrily.“那是你的錯!”她生氣地回答道。➤coldly, coolly, icily冷淡地回應;冷漠地回答;冷冰冰地回答▸➤cautiously, defensively, guardedly, hesitantly, nervously謹慎地回應;警惕地回答;有保留地回答;遲疑地回答;緊張地應答▸➤calmly, evenly, mildly鎮靜地回答;平和地回應;溫和地回答➤meekly溫順地回答▸➤haughtily, smugly傲慢地/自鳴得意地回答➤sternly, stiffly嚴厲地/生硬地回答▸➤brightly, cheerfully, happily高興地回答;快活地回答➤innocently若無其事地回答▸➤grimly, sadly陰沉地/傷心地回答▸➤drily, sarcastically, sardonically, sweetly (ironic) , tartly暗含幽默地回答;諷刺地答覆;嘲諷地答覆;甜蜜地回答;刻薄地回答▸➤absently, distractedly, vaguely心不在焉地/心煩意亂地/含糊地回答➤casually, nonchalantly隨意地答覆;漠然地回答◇'I really don't care!' he replied nonchalantly.“我真的不在乎!”他漠然地答道。➤matter-of-factly不動感情地回答◇'I know!' she replied matter-of-factly.“我知道!”她毫無表情地答道。➤honestly, truthfully誠實地回答➤confidently自信地回答▸➤evasively閃爍其詞地回答➤sheepishly膽怯地回答➤shyly害羞地回答➤tiredly, wearily厭倦地/疲憊地回答▸➤in kind以同樣方式回應◇Calvin was insulted and replied in kind (= by insulting them back).卡爾文受到了羞辱,於是反唇相譏。VERB + REPLY➤not bother to懶得回答◇She didn't even bother to reply.她甚至懶得回答。PREPOSITION➤to答覆⋯◇He did not reply to my letter.他沒給我回信。➤with以⋯回答◇She replied with a smile.她以微笑作答。PHRASES➤a chance to reply回應的機會◇She quickly left the room before he had a chance to reply.他還沒機會回答她就快速地離開了房間。
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