responsive

responsive
adjective
  1. reacting quickly and positively
    反应迅速的;积极反应的
    a flexible service that is responsive to changing social and economic patterns.
    能随机应变、对变化中的社会和经济格局迅速作出反应的服务机构。
    ■responding readily and with interest or enthusiasm
    乐意作出反应的
    our most enthusiastic and responsive students.
    我们最热情、反应最热烈的学生。
  2. answering
    回答的,应答的;反应的
    I'm distracted by a nibble on my line: I jig it several times, but there is no responsive tug.
    钓线上有东西来咬时我一慌就抖了几下,可是毫无拽的反应。
    ■(of a section of liturgy) using responses
    (宗教仪式一部分)用应答(或唱和)的
派生
responsively
adverb
responsiveness
noun
语源
  1. late Middle English: from French responsif, -ive or late Latin responsivus, from respons- 'answered', from the verb respondere (see respond)
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