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respondent

/ri-spon-duhnt/US // rɪˈspɒn dənt //UK // (rɪˈspɒndənt) //

答辩人,应答者,答复者,被告人

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who responds or makes reply.
    • : Law. a defendant, especially in appellate and divorce proceedings.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : giving a response; answering; responsive.
    • : Law. being a respondent.
    • : Psychology. of or relating to behavior that occurs consistently in response to a particular stimulus.
    • : Obsolete. corresponding.

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Examples

  • Nearly 500 Olympic volunteers withdrew, and one poll found fewer than 7 percent of respondents thought Mori was qualified to continue in his role.

  • Many respondents were spooked by the idea of allowing others access to their brain’s inner workings.

  • The idea of allowing companies, or governments, or even health care workers access to the brain’s inner workings spooked many respondents.

  • In this experiment, people were not particularly uncomfortable asking sensitive questions, and the respondents’ comfort levels were fairly similar across the three conditions.

  • Eighty-four percent of respondents said they were satisfied.

  • The judge did rule that one respondent crossed the line by implying that Im Tirtzu espouses Nazi race theory.

  • But rarely does it cover the respondent in even short-term glory.

  • The most obvious: no matter how charismatic a respondent may be, he or she is not the president.

  • The more promising the respondent, the higher the expectations and the greater the potential for disappointment.

  • The younger the respondent, the lower the support for whaling.

  • It really raises the question whether a man who has wrongly been named as co-respondent is in honour bound to marry the defendant.

  • See also the allusion in Sophistês (to the appearance of the younger Sokrates as respondent), p. 218 B.

  • He depends upon the acquiescence of the respondent for every step taken in advance.

  • That the term defendant is, when alone, synonymous with respondent.

  • Mr. Evans and Mr. Palmer were for the appellants, and Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Bulwer for the respondent.