vt. 以...回答

vi. 回答, 响应, 回报, 有反应, 承担责任

[经] 承担责任

Respond \Re*spond"\, n.
1. An answer; a response. [R.]

2. (Eccl.) A short anthem sung at intervals during the
reading of a chapter.

3. (Arch.) A half pier or pillar attached to a wall to
support an arch. --Oxf. Gloss.


Respond \Re*spond"\ (r?*sp?nd"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Responded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Responding}.] [OF. respondre,
F. r['e]pondre, fr. L. respondere, responsum; pref. re- re- +
spondere to promise. See {Sponsor}.]
1. To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to
respond to a question or an argument.

2. To show some effect in return to a force; to act in
response; to accord; to correspond; to suit.

A new affliction strings a new cord in the heart,
which responds to some new note of complaint within
the wide scale of human woe. --Buckminster.

To every theme responds thy various lay. --Broome.

3. To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the
defendant is held to respond in damages. [U.S.]

Syn: To answer; reply; rejoin. See {Reply}.


Respond \Re*spond"\, v. t.
1. To answer; to reply.

2. To suit or accord with; to correspond to. [R.]

For his great deeds respond his speeches great.
--Fairfax.