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respond to sth/sb
She responded to the question quickly.
她迅速回应了问题。
回答；答复；回应
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回答；答复；回应
say or write something in reply; answer.
She responded to the question quickly.
她迅速回应了问题。
回应；回答；答复
To say something in return; to answer; to reply.
作为回应；对力或刺激做出动作
To act in return; to carry out an action or in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response.
与...相符；适合
To correspond with; to suit.
满足；回答
To satisfy; to answer.
respond
Base
原形
responds
3rd person
第三人称单数
responding
-ing
现在分词
responded
Past
过去式
responded
Past participle
过去分词
He responds quickly to questions.
他迅速回答问题。
She responded to the email yesterday.
她昨天回复了邮件。
The team is responding to the crisis now.
团队正在应对危机。
规则动词
The teacher asked a question, but no one could respond.
老师问了一个问题，但没有人能回答。
The fire department responded quickly to the emergency call.
消防部门迅速响应了紧急呼叫。
The patient is responding well to the new medication.
患者对新药物反应良好。
She responded to the question quickly.
她迅速回应了问题。
He responded with a smile.
他以微笑回应。
They responded that they would help.
他们回应说愿意帮忙。
The company responded by lowering prices.
公司通过降价来回应。
Not this
Please respond my email.
Use this
Please respond to my email.
动词 'respond' 是不及物动词，后接宾语时需加介词 'to'。中文学习者常受母语影响（如 '回复邮件' 中不需要介词）而漏掉 'to'。
Not this
He responsed to the question.
Use this
He responded to the question.
'respond' 的过去式是 'responded'，而不是 'responsed'。学习者容易混淆名词 'response' 和动词 'respond'，误将名词形式用于动词过去式。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
回应，答复
Please respond to my email as soon as possible.
请尽快回复我的邮件。
迅速回应
The fire department responded quickly to the emergency.
消防部门迅速响应了紧急情况。
积极回应
The audience responded positively to the new product.
观众对新产品的反应积极。
以……回应
She responded with a smile when I greeted her.
我向她打招呼时，她以微笑回应。
书面答复
You must respond in writing within 30 days.
你必须在30天内书面答复。
未回应
He failed to respond to the invitation.
他没有回应邀请。
以同样的方式回应
When she insulted him, he responded in kind.
当她侮辱他时，他以同样的方式回应。
Use respond naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
respond 里的'spond'像'pond'（池塘），扔石子入池塘，水面会「回应」涟漪。
通常用于正式和非正式场合，口语和书面语中都很常见，表达回应、反应或应答。
后常接介词to引出回应对象；也可接that从句
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