re·spond·ent
noun/rɪˈspɒndənt/
/rɪˈspɑːndənt/
- 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.
回复调查的人中 60% 同意这项建议。
- 60 per cent of the respondents agreed with the suggestion.
- (law) 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’.