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English Reply Latin French Row 回答;[法 Arrange Line

正面 2234.reply
英 [rɪ'plaɪ]美 [rɪ'plai]

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释义:
vi. 回答;[法] 答辩;回击n. 回答;[法] 答辩vt. 回答;答复
例句:
1. He said in reply that the question was unfair.他回答说这个问题不公平。

1. rangier "set in a row, place in a row, arrange, get into line," from rang "row, line" => rank.2. rank => range ( "row, line" => "row, line or position than a gun can send a bullet" => "distance a gun can send a bullet" => 射程、范围、幅度 => 在射程或范围内徘徊、漫游 => 放牧场(在一个大的区域、范围类游荡)。3. rank => range, arrange, ranch.
reply 答复,回复来自 replicare,回复,答复,来自 re-,向后,往回,-plic,弯,转,词源同 ply,complicate.
replyreply: [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, replicatereply (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.)."

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