respond

单词辨析:

answer reply respond 【导航词义:回答】
answer v. 回答,答复
〔辨析〕

普通用词,指通过文字、言语或行动作出回答,一般不后接介词 to。

〔例证〕

He cannot answer your question.

他没法回答你的问题。

I asked her a question, but she would not answer.

我问了她一个问题,但她不愿回答。

You should answer the questions in the first part in ten minutes.

你应用10分钟解答第一部分的题。

reply v. 回答,答复
〔辨析〕

比较正式,多指经过考虑后给出答案,一般不用于口语,常后接介词 to。

〔例证〕

She didn't reply to his message.

她没有回复他的留言。

He didn't know how to reply to her letter just then.

那时,他不知道如何给她回信。

respond v. 回答,响应
〔辨析〕

较正式用词,指以言语或行动作出回应,常后接介词 to/with。

〔例证〕

He didn't respond to any of her questions.

他没有回答她任何问题。

His friends responded with offers of help.

对此他的朋友们伸出援手。

相关例句:

Eric could only respond in broken English.

埃里克只能用蹩脚的英语回答。

You have several ways to respond to this rude question.

你有几个方法可以回答这些无礼的问题。

We must respond to well-founded criticism with a willingness to change.

对于有根有据的批评,我们必须乐意作出改变。

The world community has been slow to respond to the crisis

国际社会对这次危机反应迟缓。

This allows ISVs to respond more rapidly to their customer's changing business needs with flexibility and agility.

这使得ISV更具灵活性和敏捷性,能快速响应其客户不断变化的业务需求。

You may even find that other people respond to you differently.

你甚至会发现,其他人对你的反应也截然不同。