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respondent 音標拼音: [rɪsp'ɑndənt] a. 回答的,應答的,感應的
n. 應答者,被告 回答的,應答的,感應的應答者,被告 respondent adj 1: replying; " an answering glance"; " an answering smile" [ synonym: { answering}, { respondent}] n 1: the codefendant ( especially in a divorce proceeding) who is accused of adultery with the corespondent 2: someone who responds [ synonym: { respondent}, { responder}, { answerer}] Respondent \ Re* spond" ent\ (- ent), a. [ L. respondens, p. pr. of respondere.] Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding. [ 1913 Webster] Wealth respondent to payment and contributions. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster]
Respondent \ Re* spond" ent\, n. [ Cf. F. r[' e] pondant.] One who responds. It corresponds in general to defendant. Specifically: ( a) ( Law) One who answers in certain suits or proceedings, generally those which are not according to the course of the common law, as in equity and admiralty causes, in petitions for partition, and the like; -- distinquished from appellant. ( b) One who maintains a thesis in reply, and whose province it is to refute objections, or overthrow arguments; -- distinguished from opponent. -- I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster] 31 Moby Thesaurus words for " respondent": accused, answerer, answering, antiphonal, confutative, correspondent, defendant, echoic, echoing, libelee, prisoner, reacting, reactionary, reactive, reechoing, reflex, reflexive, refluent, refutative, rejoining, replier, replying, responder, responding, responser, responsive, retroactionary, retroactive, returning, revulsive, suspect
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