1·She hesitated before replying.
她犹豫了一下才回答。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·He thought for a moment before replying.
他想了一下才回答。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·He hung back before replying.
他在回答前犹豫了一阵子。
4·Sorry, I was replying to my pen friend far in Moscow.
对不起，我在给远在莫斯科的笔友回信。
5·The general manager always thinks twice before replying to the customers.
总经理在答复客户之前总是三思而行。
6·Every time we eat out, my son and his wife are always busy checking and replying to emails, while my grandson plays online games or texts his friends all the time.
每次我们出去吃饭，我的儿子和他的妻子总是忙于查看和回复电子邮件，而我的孙子总是玩网络游戏或给他的朋友发短信。
7·I am busy replying all the questions.
我正忙着回答所有的问题。
8·The robin listened a few seconds, intently, and then answered quite as if he were replying to a question.
知更鸟专心地听了几秒钟，然后应答得很像在回答一个问题。
9·She disdained replying to the insults.
她不屑理会所受的侮辱。
10·Replying customers’ emails is always at the top of our list.
回复顾客的邮件总是最重要的事。