respond

verb

1. （口头或书面）回答，回应
   to give a spoken or written answer to sb/sth
   1. I asked him his name, but he didn't respond.
      我问他叫什么名字，可他没回答。
   2. She never responded to my letter.
      她从来没给我回过信。
   3. ‘I'm not sure,’ she responded.
      “我不肯定。”她答道。
   4. When asked about the company's future, the director responded that he remained optimistic.
      问到公司的未来的时候，经理回答说他依然乐观。
2. 作出反应；响应
   to do sth as a reaction to sth that sb has said or done
   1. How did they respond to the news?
      他们对这则消息有什么反应？
   2. The government responded by banning all future demonstrations.
      政府的反应是今后禁止一切示威活动。
3. 反应灵敏；作出正确反应
   to react quickly or in the correct way to sth/sb
   1. The car responds very well to the controls.
      这辆汽车操纵自如。
   2. You can rely on him to respond to a challenge.
      你可以信赖他，他懂得应付挑战。
4. 有改进；见起色；显出效果
   to improve as a result of a particular kind of treatment
   1. The infection did not respond to the drugs.
      这些药物对感染没有起作用。

1. VERB 回复;回答;回应
   When you respond to something that is done or said, you react to it by doing or saying something yourself.
   1. They are likely to respond positively to the President's request for aid...
      他们可能会对总统的援助要求作出积极回应。
   2. The army responded with gunfire and tear gas...
      军队用炮火和催泪瓦斯予以反击。
   3. 'Are you well enough to carry on?' — 'Of course,' she responded scornfully...
      “你的身体状况可以继续工作吗？”——“当然，”她不屑地回答道。
   4. The Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs responded that the protection of refugees was a matter for an international organization...
      比利时外交大臣回应说，保护难民是国际组织的事情。
2. VERB 应对;作出回应;作出反应
   When you respond to a need, crisis, or challenge, you take the necessary or appropriate action.
   1. This modest group size allows our teachers to respond to the needs of each student.
      这样的小组规模适中，可以使老师照顾到每一个学生的需求。
3. VERB 有良好反应;有积极效果
   If a patient or their injury or illness is responding to treatment, the treatment is working and they are getting better.
   1. I'm pleased to say that he is now doing well and responding to treatment.
      我很高兴地说，他现在恢复得不错，治疗取得了积极的效果。

1. Eric could only respond in broken English.
   埃里克只能用蹩脚的英语回答。
2. 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。
3. The cabinet met today to discuss how to respond to the ultimatum.
   内阁今天开会商量如何应对这道最后通牒。
4. The best way to respond to a flame is to ignore it.
   回应谩骂性电子邮件的最好办法就是置之不理。
5. Once the news gets out that Armenia is in a very critical situation, I think the world will respond.
   我认为亚美尼亚局势非常严峻的消息一旦披露，全世界都将作出反应。
6. 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。
7. They are likely to respond positively to the President's request for aid
   他们可能会对总统的援助要求作出积极回应。
8. The army responded with gunfire and tear gas
   军队用炮火和催泪瓦斯予以反击。
9. 'Are you well enough to carry on?' — 'Of course,' she responded scornfully
   “你的身体状况可以继续工作吗？”——“当然，”她不屑地回答道。
10. The Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs responded that the protection of refugees was a matter for an international organization
    比利时外交大臣回应说，保护难民是国际组织的事情。
11. This modest group size allows our teachers to respond to the needs of each student.
    这样的小组规模适中，可以使老师照顾到每一个学生的需求。
12. 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。
13. The world community has been slow to respond to the crisis
    国际社会对这次危机反应迟缓。
14. Democratic leaders under election pressure tend to respond with vague promises of action
    民主党领导人在选举压力下往往用一些含糊其词的行动承诺来予以回应。
15. 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。
16. I greeted him but he didn't respond.
    我跟他打招呼，他没答理我。
17. When we are mistreated or misunderstood, how do we respond?
    当人误会我们、苛待我们，我们如何回应呢？
18. New technologies and processes are incorporated to respond to the changing technology and business marketplace.
    不断采用新技术和流程来对不断变化的技术和业务市场进行响应。
19. This allows ISVs to respond more rapidly to their customer's changing business needs with flexibility and agility.
    这使得ISV更具灵活性和敏捷性，能快速响应其客户不断变化的业务需求。
20. This enables you to adjust test plans and test cases quickly and accurately to respond to requirement changes.
    这会调整您去快速适应测试计划和测试用例，并精确的响应需求更改。
21. With this intelligence, you can respond to opportunities and risks as they happen, in near real-time.
    有了这项智能，您可以在机会和风险产生时，几乎实时地对它们做出反应。
22. An important application of monitoring is to predict and respond to problems in a timely way.
    监控的一个重要应用是及时预测和响应问题。
23. You can quickly respond to customer demands for new and updated product information.
    您可以迅速响应用户对新产品和升级产品的信息需求。
24. You have several ways to respond to this rude question.
    你有几个方法可以回答这些无礼的问题。
25. Are you walking away as they respond to your question?
    在他们回答你的问题的时候你是否走开了？
26. When you are offered the job respond by saying when do you need an answer?
    当你得到了这份工作回应说：你什么时候需要一个答案？
27. You may even find that other people respond to you differently.
    你甚至会发现，其他人对你的反应也截然不同。
28. She and colleagues ran an experiment to see how young and old people respond to feelings of regret.
    她和同事进行了一项试验，观察年轻人和老年人是如何应对悔恨情绪的。
29. How you react often dictates how they will respond to those failures.
    你的反应往往决定了了他们将如何回应这些失败。
30. To trap and respond to specific errors.
    捕获和响应特定的错误。

  answer reply respond【导航词义：回答】

  answer v. 回答，答复

〔辨析〕普通用词，指通过文字、言语或行动作出回答，一般不后接介词 to。

  reply v. 回答，答复

〔辨析〕比较正式，多指经过考虑后给出答案，一般不用于口语，常后接介词 to。

  respond v. 回答，响应

〔辨析〕较正式用词，指以言语或行动作出回应，常后接介词 to/with。

verb

1. show a response or a reaction to something

   Synonym:    react

2. respond favorably or as hoped
   1. The cancer responded to the aggressive therapy

3. react verbally
   1. She didn't want to answer
   2. answer the question
   3. We answered that we would accept the invitation

   Synonym:    answerreply