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re·ply /rɪˈplaɪ/
答複,回答,答辯(vi.)答複,回答,回擊,反響,答辯(vt.)回答
reply
無回答; 無應答
reply
答覆
Re·ply v. i. [imp. & p. p. Replied p. pr. & vb. n. Replying.]
1. To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer.
O man, who art thou that repliest against God? --Rom. ix. 20.
2. Law To answer a defendant's plea.
3. Figuratively, to do something in return for something done; as, to reply to a signal; to reply to the fire of a battery.
Syn: -- To answer; respond; rejoin.
Re·ply, v. t. To return for an answer.
Lords, vouchsafe
To give me hearing what I shall reply. --Shak.
Re·ply, n.; pl. Replies That which is said, written, or done in answer to what is said, written, or done by another; an answer; a response.
Syn: -- Answer; rejoinder; response.
Usage: -- Reply, Rejoinder, Answer. A reply is a distinct response to a formal question or attack in speech or writing. A rejoinder is a second reply (a reply to a reply) in a protracted discussion or controversy. The word answer is used in two senses, namely (1), in the most general sense of a mere response; as, the answer to a question; or (2), in the sense of a decisive and satisfactory confutation of an adversary's argument, as when we speak of a triumphant answer to the speech or accusations of an opponent. Here the noun corresponds to a frequent use of the verb, as when we say. “This will answer (i.e., fully meet) the end in view;” “It answers the purpose.”
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reply
n 1: a statement (either spoken or written) that is made in reply
to a question or request or criticism or accusation; "I
waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote replies
to several of his critics" [syn: answer, response]
2: the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange; "he
growled his reply" [syn: response]
v : reply or respond to; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer
the question"; "We answered that we would accept the
invitation" [syn: answer, respond]
[also: replied]