respondent

respondent
noun
  1. a defendant in a lawsuit, especially one in an appeal or divorce case
    (尤指上诉案或离婚案)被告
  2. 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.]
  1. in the position of defendant in a lawsuit
    处于被告地位的
    the respondent defendant.
    答辩被告。
  2. 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。
  3. (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
  1. early 16th cent. (in sense 2 of the noun): from Latin respondent- 'answering, offering in return', from the verb respondere (see respond)
英语宝典
考试词汇表