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  • Conjugation : past  replied ; ing  replying ; pl  replies
  • Derivatives : n  replier
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

reply [rɪ'plaɪ]
  1. 1. noun [c] (answer) 回答
  2. 2. noun (retaliation) 反应
  3. 3. vi. (to question,letter) 答复
  4. 4. vi. (retaliation) (to attack etc) 回应
    in reply to your question...
    你的问题而言
    "in reply to your letter..."
    “对您来信回复…”
    there's no reply
    [电信] 无人接听

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

reply [rɪˈplaɪ]
  1. 1. verb 回答答复
  2. 2. vi. 作答回应
  3. 3. n.[c] 回答回信
  4. 4. n.[u] 答复回应
    He growled his reply.
    咆哮着做了回答

Collins English-English Dictionary

reply [rɪ'plaɪ]
  1. 1. vb [mainly intr] to make answer (to) in words or writing or by an action; respond
    he replied with an unexpected move
  2. 2. vt. [tr; takes a clause as object] to say (something) in answer
    he replied that he didn't want to come
  3. 3. vt. [law] to answer a defendant's plea
  4. 4. vt. to return (a sound); echo
  5. 5. n an answer made in words or writing or through an action; response
  6. 6. n the answer made by a plaintiff or petitioner to a defendant's case
  7. 7. n [Etymology] C14: from Old French replier to fold again, reply, from Latin replicare to fold back, from re- + plicare to fold

Examples

an affirmative reply
认可的回答
an angry reply
一个愤怒的回答
Don't bother to reply.
不必费心答复。
a curt reply
草率的回答
to elicit an angry reply
诱出愤怒的回答
an equivocal reply
模棱两可的回答

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