respond

respond
verb
  1. [reporting verb]say something in reply
    作答，回答
    [no obj.]she could not get Robert to respond to her words.
    她无法让罗伯特回答她的话。
    [with clause]he responded that it would not be feasible.
    他回答说此事不可行。
    [with direct speech]‘It's not part of my job, ’Belinda responded.
    “这不是我分内的工作，”贝林达回答道。
    ■(of a congregation) say or sing the response in reply to a priest
    （会众对牧师）应答，唱和
    ■[no obj.](of a person) act or behave in reaction to someone or something
    （人）作出反应
    she turned her head, responded to his grin with a smile.
    她转过头来对笑呵呵的他微微一笑。
    ■react quickly or positively to a stimulus or treatment
    对（刺激）作出快速反应；对（治疗）有积极反应
    his back injury has failed to respond to treatment.
    他的背伤经治疗后未见起色。
    ■[with obj.](Bridge)make (a bid) in answer to one's partner's preceding bid
    (桥牌)（对同伴的叫牌）作应叫
noun
  1. (Architecture)a half-pillar or half-pier attached to a wall to support an arch, especially at the end of an arcade
    (建筑)壁联（与墙相连支承拱的半柱或半墩，尤指在拱廊两端）
  2. (in church use) a responsary; a response to a versicle
    （教堂用语）应答，唱和
派生
respondence
noun
  1. (archaic)(古)
respondency
noun
  1. (archaic)(古)
responder
noun
语源
  1. late Middle English (in the noun senses): from Old French, from respondre 'to answer', from Latin respondere, from re- 'again' + spondere 'to pledge'. The verb dates from the mid 16th cent
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