名词

1. 回复;回答;回应
Your response to an event or to something that is said is your reply or reaction to it.

1. a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent

e.g. a bad reaction to the medicine
his responses have slowed with age

Synonym: reaction

2. the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals

3. a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister

4. the manner in which something is greeted

e.g. she did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors

Synonym: reception

5. a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation

e.g. I waited several days for his answer
he wrote replies to several of his critics

Synonym: answerreply

6. the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange

e.g. he growled his reply

Synonym: reply

7. a result

e.g. this situation developed in response to events in Africa