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]