a defendant in a lawsuit, especially one in an appeal or divorce case
(尤指上诉案或离婚案的)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。
in the position of defendant in a lawsuit
处于被告地位的
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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
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the respondent firms in the survey .社会调查中作回答的公司。
【心理】 (尤指对特定刺激的条件反射)有反应的,反射的。
"early 16th cent. (in sense 2 of the noun): from Latin respondent- ‘answering, offering in return', from the verb