reply是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为v. /n. (to) 回答， 答复， 以…作答，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《地心游记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I will reply as soon as I hear your words--and you will then note exactly the moment at which my reply reaches you."
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《小杜丽》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- that John Baptist felt it a point of honour to reply at the grate, and in good time and tune, though a little hoarsely:'Of all the king's knights 'tis the flower,Compagnon de la Majolaine!Of all the king's knights 'tis the flower,Always gay!'
-- Barnacle Junior in that state of search after it that Mr Clennam felt it useless to reply at present.)
-- Instantly she went on again, as if he had spoken in reply for some time.
-- And, the reply being in the negative, had said, 'Then I won't look at you.'
-- To which Mr Baptist would reply with innumerable bright nods and smiles, 'Altro, signore, altro, altro, altro!'
在路易莎·梅·奥尔科特的《小妇人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Meg colored, but a mischievous fancy to tease the girls made her reply demurely, 'You are very kind, but I'm afraid he won't come.'
-- She heard Mrs. Moffat reply to one of them... 'Daisy March father a colonel in the army one of our first families, but reverses of fortune, you know; intimate friends of the Laurences; sweet creature, I assure you; my Ned is quite wild about her.'
-- Get up, and don't be a goose, Jo,' was the cavalier reply to her petition.
-- Now you go into the parlor, and I'll send 'em down to you,' with which somewhat involved reply Hannah vanished, chuckling ec-statically.
-- And Aunt Carrol to reply decidedly, 'I certainly will, if her father and mother consent.'
在赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- and if the reply was, No, sir!straightway he commanded them to lift him to his perch.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Not a farthing more,' was the firm reply of Mr. Limbkins.
-- The undertaker offered no reply to this raving; but producing a tape from his pocket, knelt down for a moment by the side of the body.
-- cried a voice from below, in reply to a whistle from the Dodger.
-- Oliver tried to reply but his tongue failed him.
-- The old lady made no reply to this; but wiping her eyes first, and her spectacles, which lay on the counterpane, afterwards, as if they were part and parcel of those features, brought some cool stuff for Oliver to drink; and then, patting him on the cheek, told him he must lie very quiet, or he would be ill again.
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- After a song or two, and before she could reply to the entreaties of several that she would sing again, she was ea-gerly succeeded at the instrument by her sister Mary, who having, in consequence of being the only plain one in the family, worked hard for knowledge and accomplishments, was always impatient for display.
-- Miss Bingley was not so entirely satisfied with this reply as to continue the subject.
-- This part of his intelligence, though unheard by Lydia, was caught by Elizabeth, and, as it assured her that Darcy was not less answerable for Wickham's absence than if her first surmise had been just, every feeling of displeasure against the former was so sharpened by immediate disappointment, that she could hardly reply with tolerable civility to the po-lite inquiries which he directly afterwards approached to make.
-- That reply will do for the present.
-- Charlotte's reply was spared by the entrance of Jane and Elizabeth.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Mrs. Dashwood was sorry for what she had said; but it gave Elinor pleasure, as it produced a reply from Marianne so expressive of confidence in Willoughby and knowledge of his intentions.
-- Elinor was prevented from making any reply to this civil triumph, by the door's being thrown open, the servant's announcing Mr. Ferrars, and Edward's immediately walking in.
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