in response to

It's called a spit take. Spit take is an act of suddenly spitting out liquid one is drinking in response to something funny or surprising:

“笑喷”指的是在听到或看到一些有趣或惊讶的事情时，口中突然喷出正在喝的饮品。

So far, the main thing many large retailers have done in response to all this is to open online stores, so people will come to them directly rather than to Amazon and its smaller online rivals.

目前，许多大型零售商针对这一切采取的办法是开设线上店铺，这样人们就可以直接到他们那里购物，而不去光顾亚马逊或其他规模较小的在线竞争对手。

In response to the President's appeal, Congress approved the Federal Emergency Relief Act.

国会响应总统呼吁, 通过联邦紧急救济法.

Not everyone acts the same in response to events, and that is why what triggers one person may or may not trigger another ．

不是每个人对事件的反应都是一样的,这就是为什么一个事件对某些人产生影响，但是却不会对另一些人产生影响。

Sudan even threat-ened to mobilize in response to the ultima-tums.

作为对最后通牒的回应，苏丹甚至威胁说要动员军队。

His letter in response to her request had contained a firm refusal.

对于她的请求他在信中给予了坚决的回绝。

A scanner captured the child's brain activity in response to each kind of face, and those images were analyzed to determine whether the faces sparked different patterns of brain activity in children who were spanked compared to those who were not.

扫描仪会在屏幕播放不同表情时捕获孩子的大脑活动，研究人员对这些大脑成像进行分析，以确定被打过屁股的孩子的大脑活动是否和没被打过屁股的孩子有所不同。

The West African forces went on the offensive in response to attacks on them

西非部队对袭击者展开全力还击。

Tissues of many mature trees remain somewhat recalcitrant in response to most standard practices.

但许多成熟树木的基本组织对大部分标准实验来说,仍然有点棘手.

spit-take-an act of suddenly spitting out liquid one is drinking in response to something funny or surprising

笑喷：听到特别有趣或者让人惊讶的事情后猛然将喝到嘴里的东西喷出来

The product was developed in response to customer demand.

这种产品是为了满足顾客的需要而开发的。

Yellular is the loudness one adopts in response to a bad cell-phone connection, in the misguided hope that talking louder will improve the connection.

Yellular指手机信号不好的时候提高音量讲话的状态，好像那样大声讲话手机信号就能变好一样。

Millions of people gave freely in response to the appeal for the victims of the earthquake.

为响应救济地震灾民的呼吁，几百万人慷慨相助。

Millions of people gave freely in response to the famine appeal.

千百万人响应救灾呼吁而慷慨解囊.

He chuckled in response to her question.

他轻轻一笑作为对她的问题的回答。

This is done mainly to increase productivity, in response to the challenge of foreign competition.

自动化的目的主要是提高生产率, 以应付国际竞争的挑战.

Tonight in response to the insistent demand of the people, his body was shown to them.

当晚,人们一再请求, 终于得以瞻仰了甘地的遗容.

They did it in response to external pressures.

他们这么做是迫于外界的压力.

Strong, in response to Tucci, wrote on Instagram that Prince William is "facing some pretty fierce competition from this lot."

斯特朗在回应图齐的Ins中写道，威廉王子“在这一领域面临着相当激烈的竞争。”

He did it in response to an inner calling.

他受内心欲望的驱使而做了那件事.

She laughed in response to his jokes.

他的话引起她大笑.

Even if there is no concrete benefit paid in response to your good deed, at the very least, the doer of the good deed has the opportunity to enjoy a kind of spiritually enlightened moment.

即使并没有具体的好处来回报你所做的善事，但至少做善事的人有机会享受精神上的升华时刻。

The meeting was called in response to a request from Venezuela.

应委内瑞拉的要求召开了这次会议。

I hurried in response to my friend's summons for help.

我应召急忙前去帮助我的朋友.

The quick recovery was truly in response to medication.

这次迅速康复确实是对药物治疗的反应.

In response to privacy concerns about the system, the European Commission has built what it calls a “ gateway ” that will verify the certificates across the EU, but does not store individuals' data.

针对数字证书系统泄露隐私的担忧，欧盟委员会已经建立了一个“门户”来核实各成员国的证书信息，但不存储个人数据。

We were unequivocal in response to the third question.

我们毫不含糊地回答了第三个问题.

The shoreline regressed in response to the situation.

滨线退到相应的位置上.

The West African forces went on the offensive in response to attacks on them.

西非部队对袭击者展开全力还击。

In response to public needs, state legislatures soon passed laws in support of living wills in virtually every state in the union.

为了回应公众需求，美国各州的立法部门在短时间内基本都通过了支持生前预嘱的法案。