reply是什么意思

reply

英 [r?'pla?] 美 [r?'plai]

reply 答復(fù)，回復(fù)

來自 replicare,回復(fù)，答復(fù)，來自 re-,向后，往回，-plic,彎，轉(zhuǎn)，詞源同 ply,complicate.

reply: reply: [14] Etymologically, reply means ‘fold back’. It comes ultimately from Latin replicāre ‘fold back, unfold’, a compound verb formed from the prefix re- ‘back’ and plicāre ‘fold’ (source of English ply and related to English fold). This came to be used metaphorically for ‘go over again, repeat’ (whence English replicate [16]), and also as a legal term for ‘respond’. In this latter sense it passed into English via Old French replier.
=> fold, ply, replicate
reply (v.): late 14c., "to make an answer," from Old French replier "to reply, turn back," from Late Latin replicare "to reply, repeat," in classical Latin "fold back, fold over, bend back," from re- "back, again" (see re-) + plicare "to fold" (see ply (v.1)). Latin literal sense of "to fold back" is attested from mid-15c. in English but is not now used. Modern French répliquer (Middle French replier) is directly from Late Latin. Related: Replied; replying.
reply (n.): 1550s, from reply (v.).

2. They went ahead without waiting for a reply from the Germans.: 他們沒等德國人答復(fù)就接著往下推進。

3. I have received neither an acknowledgment nor a reply.: 我未收到任何復(fù)函或答復(fù)。

4. Major's reply came as a complete surprise to the House of Commons.: 梅杰的回答讓眾議院大吃一驚。

5. We guarantee to reply in full within 10 working days.: 我們保證在10個工作日內(nèi)悉數(shù)回復(fù)。