respond
英 [r?'sp?nd]
美[r?'spɑnd]
- vi. 回答；作出反应；承担责任
- vt. 以…回答
- n. 应答；唱和
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词态变化
第三人称单数:?responds;过去式:?responded;过去分词:?responded;现在分词:?responding;
中文词源
respond 回答，答复
re-,向后，往回，-spond,承诺，答复，词源同 spouse,correspond.
英文词源
- respond
- respond: [16] Respond comes from Latin respondēre ‘promise in return’, a compound verb formed from the prefix re- ‘back’ and spondēre ‘promise’ (source of English sponsor, spouse, etc). The notion of ‘obligation’ survives in the derivative responsible [16]. The Italian descendant of respondēre is rispondere, whose feminine past participle risposta has given English riposte [18] (originally a fencing term).
=> sponsor, spouse - respond (v.)
- c. 1300, respound, from Old French respondere "respond, correspond," from Latin respondere "respond, answer to, promise in return," from re- "back" (see re-) + spondere "to pledge" (see spondee). Modern spelling and pronunciation is from c. 1600. Related: Responded; responding.
双语例句
- 1. Some cases of arthritis respond to a gluten-free diet.
- 无麸质饮食对一些关节炎患者有疗效。
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- 2. Like any other public servants, police must respond to public demand.
- 和其他所有公务员一样，警察必须服务于公众的需求。
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- 3. We must respond to well-founded criticism with a willingness to change.
- 对于有根有据的批评，我们必须乐意作出改变。
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- 4. The tanker failed to respond to a command to stop.
- 这辆罐车没有按照命令停下来。
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- 5. Even very young premature babies respond to their mother's presence.
- 即使是很小的早产儿也会对母亲的出现做出反应。
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