a person who answers questions, especially in a survey 回答问题的人；（尤指）调查对象 60 per cent of the respondents agreed with the suggestion. 60%的受访者同意这一建议。
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law 法律 a person who is accused of something 被告
Word Originearly 16th cent. (in sense 1): from Latin respondent- ‘answering, offering in return’, from the verb respondere, from re- ‘again’ + spondere ‘to pledge’.