| 词组 | answer |
| 释义 | 1．answer the letter, answer the question 和 answer him 比 answer to the letter, answer to the question 和 answer to him 普通。answer the purpose 比 answer for the purpose 普通。answer the description 和 answer to the description 都普通。 2．answer (to) the letter 通常跟 reply to the letter 相同（注意 reply 后面的 to 不可省去）。但有时 answer 有“答复……的内容”的意思，如复信里说 I have your letter, but as I am very busy,I cannot answer it at present。明明在复信，还说不能 answer。不过有时 answer 只有“报告收到（信）”的意思而 reply to 才有“答复……的内容”的意思。例如：I answered your letter by sending a postcard last Monday and have since been waiting for time to reply to it. 3．answer（名词）跟 reply 对比，往往有“中肯的答复”的意思。例如：Your reply is not an answer.（你的答复不中肯，你答非所问。） 4．He answered her not a word 和 He answered her nothing 里的 answered 作“把……作为回答”解。He answered her not a word 是“他连一个单词都没有回答她”，不是“他对于她的问题里的所有单词连一个也不回答”。 5．answer 后面有时接以 that 引导的从句。例如：He answered that he could not go. 有时在 answer 后面另有宾语。例如：He answered me that he would not go. 6．answer 有时被用作抽象名词，如 The letter is still awaiting answer 和 Please let me have a few lines of answer。 7．商业复信的开首往往用 In answer to your letter...。在一般通信里该避免。 |
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