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respond to

/ri-spond/US // rɪˈspɒnd //UK // (rɪˈspɒnd) //

回应,响应,应对,回应如下

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to reply or answer in words: to respond briefly to a question.
    • : to make a return by some action as if in answer: to respond generously to a charity drive.
    • : to react favorably.
    • : Physiology. to exhibit some action or effect as if in answer; react: Nerves respond to a stimulus.
    • : to correspond.
    • : Bridge. to make a response.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to say in answer; reply.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Architecture. a half pier, pilaster, or the like projecting from a wall as a support for a lintel or an arch, the other side of which is supported on a free-standing pier or column.
    • : Ecclesiastical. a short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection.responsory. response.

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Examples

  • That kind of compassion might go a long way toward helping us begin to respond to a hurting world.

  • The group did not respond to repeated requests for comment.

  • Democrats need to respond aggressively to the crony capitalism practiced by many Republicans, particularly regarding Wall Street.

  • If you take too long to respond, people will just keep talking and your chance to speak is lost.

  • “Then they ask questions and they have time for children to be able to respond as well,” Folan added.

  • "I'm afraid I couldn't quite manage that, my dear boy," your fond parent would respond.

  • In the same way the technical form and mechanism of production were presumed to respond to an automatic stimulus.

  • The poor marble statue at his feet can no longer respond to the cries of her famishing child.

  • Rosa laughingly approved of this decision, for she was like-minded with her mother, but her father did not respond.

  • She did not respond; she did not attempt to soothe him; if ever looks expressed reproach and aversion, hers did then.