respondent
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.
60%的受访者同意这一建议。
- 60 per cent of the respondents agreed with the suggestion.
- (law
法律 被告
词源early 16th cent. (in sense 1): from Latin respondent- ‘answering, offering in return’, from the verb respondere, from re- ‘again’ + spondere ‘to pledge’.