reporting verb
1- say something in reply作答, 回答：
no obj. she could not get Robert to respond to her words她无法让罗伯特回答她的话
with clause he responded that it would not be feasible他回答说此事不可行
with direct speech 'It's not part of my job,' Belinda responded.“这不是我分内的工作,"贝林达回答道。
1.1
- (of a congregation) say or sing the response in reply to a priest（会众对牧师）应答, 唱和。
1.2
- no obj.(of a person) act or behave in reaction to someone or something（人）作出反应：
she turned her head, responding to his grin with a smile.
她转过头来对笑呵呵的他微微一笑。
1.3
- react quickly or positively to a stimulus or treatment对（刺激）作出快速反应; 对（治疗）有积极反应：
his back injury has failed to respond to treatment.
他的背伤经治疗后未见起色。
1.4
- with obj. Bridge make (a bid) in answer to one's partner's preceding bid【桥牌】（对同伴的叫牌）作应叫。
1
- Architecture a half-pillar or half-pier attached to a wall to support an arch, especially at the end of an arcade【建筑】壁联（与墙相连支承拱的半柱或半墩, 尤指在拱廊两端）。
2
- (in church use) a responsory; a response to a versicle（教堂用语）应答, 唱和。
派生词
respondence
noun （archaic 〈古〉）respondency
noun （archaic 〈古〉）responder
noun词源
late Middle English (in the noun senses)： from Old French, from respondre 'to answer', from Latin respondere, from re- 'again' + spondere 'to pledge'. The verb dates from the mid 16th cent.