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response
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- [rɪ 'spɑns]
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- [rɪs 'pɔns]
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Listen- Derivatives : v respond; adj responding
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- response [rɪ'spɑns]
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the act of responding; reply or reaction
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[bridge]
a bid replying to a partner's bid or double
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[usually plural]
[Christianity]
a short sentence or phrase recited or sung by the choir or congregation in reply to the officiant at a church service
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[electronics]
the ratio of the output to the input level, at a particular frequency, of a transmission line or electrical device
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any pattern of glandular, muscular, or electrical reactions that arises from stimulation of the nervous system
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[Etymology]
C14: from Latin r
e sponsum answer, from re sponde re torespond
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the act of responding; reply or reaction
Examples
- a learned response
- 有见识的回答 → learned
- There was an immediate response after the disaster.
- 灾情过后的反应很及时。 → immediate
- Atrocities of a similar pattern have been perpetrated with no fear of a corrective international response.
- 无视国际上要求纠正的呼声，类似的暴行正在不断发生。 → pattern
- Improvements were done in response to our customer's demands.
- 应客户要求，我们的改进工作已全部完成。 → in
- If a question has 2 to 4 correct answers, check each correct answer on separate Response.
- 如果一个问题有2-4个正确答案，请分别标出所有答案。 → check
- in response to
- 作为回应 → response
- the response involved much beard-stroking → beard-stroking
- his response was muted → muted
- his plonking response to the princess's death → plonking
- a ready response → ready
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