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单词 respondency
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
re•spond /rɪˈspɑnd/USA pronunciation   v. 
  1. to answer in words: [+ to + object]How do you respond to that question?[used with quotations]"I'm ready,'' he responded.
  2. to return by an action:[no object]to respond to a charity drive with donations.
  3. to react favorably:[no object* ~ + to]didn't respond to the treatment.
  4. Physiology to exhibit an effect;
    react:[no object* ~ + to]Nerves respond to a stimulus.
See -spond-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
re•spond  (ri spond),USA pronunciation v.i. 
  1. to reply or answer in words:to respond briefly to a question.
  2. to make a return by some action as if in answer:to respond generously to a charity drive.
  3. to react favorably.
  4. Physiologyto exhibit some action or effect as if in answer;
    react:Nerves respond to a stimulus.
  5. to correspond (usually fol. by to).
  6. Games[Bridge.]to make a response.

v.t. 
  1. to say in answer;
    reply.

n. 
  1. Architecturea 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.
  2. Religion[Eccles.]
    • a short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection.
    • responsory.
    • response.
  • Latin respondēre
  • Latin respondēre to promise in return, reply, answer, equivalent. to re- re- + spondēre to pledge, promise (see sponsor); (verb, verbal)
  • Old French, derivative of respondre to respond
  • (noun, nominal) Middle English: responsory 1350–1400
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged rejoin.
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged rise, react, reply.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
respond /rɪˈspɒnd/ vb
  1. to state or utter (something) in reply
  2. (intransitive) to act in reply; react: to respond by issuing an invitation
  3. (intransitive) followed by to: to react favourably: this patient will respond to treatment
  4. an archaic word for correspond
n
  1. a pilaster or an engaged column that supports an arch or a lintel
  2. a choral anthem chanted in response to a lesson read at a church service
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French respondre, from Latin rēspondēre to return like for like, from re- + spondēre to pledge; see spouse, sponsor

reˈspondence, reˈspondency n reˈsponder n
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