1. answer是常用詞,可指口頭、筆頭,甚至行動回答,有時可與reply通用。如: Who can answer the question? Please answer the telephone. 2. reply較answer正式,既可指用語言、書面作答,也可指用動作或手勢作答,常用于正式場合或書面語中,指經(jīng)過慎重考慮作出的答復。如: I sent in my application,and the school replied immediately. I don't know what to reply. 注意: 在表示回答問題時,answer后直接跟question;reply后要加介詞to。試比較: answer the question回答問題;reply to the question回答問題。