answer和reply的用法區(qū)別

1. answer是常用詞，可指口頭、筆頭，甚至行動(dòng)回答，有時(shí)可與reply通用。如：

Who can answer the question?

Please answer the telephone.

2. reply較answer正式，既可指用語(yǔ)言、書(shū)面作答，也可指用動(dòng)作或手勢(shì)作答，常用于正式場(chǎng)合或書(shū)面語(yǔ)中，指經(jīng)過(guò)慎重考慮作出的答復(fù)。如：

I sent in my application，and the school replied immediately.

I don't know what to reply.

注意：

在表示回答問(wèn)題時(shí)，answer后直接跟question；reply后要加介詞to。試比較：

answer the question回答問(wèn)題；reply to the question回答問(wèn)題。