a defendant in a lawsuit, especially one in an appeal or divorce case (尤指上诉案或离婚案)被告
a person who replies to something, especially one supplying information for a survey or questionnaire or responding to an advertisement (社会调查)应答者;(问卷调查)答卷人;(广告)应答者,应征者
adjective [attrib.]
in the position of defendant in a lawsuit 处于被告地位的 the respondent defendant. 答辩被告。
replying to something, especially a survey or questionnaire (尤指对民意调查、问卷调查等)作回答的,应答的 the respondent firms in the survey. 社会调查中作回答的公司。
(Psychology)involving or denoting a response, especially a conditioned reflex, to a specific stimulus (心理)(尤指对特定刺激的条件反射)有反应的,反射的
语源
early 16th cent. (in sense 2 of the noun): from Latin respondent- 'answering, offering in return', from the verb respondere (see respond)