☞ receivere·ceive /
ri5si:v /
verbGET / ACCEPT 得到；接受
1. [VN] ~ sth (from sb / sth) (rather
formal) to get or accept sth that is sent or given to you
拿到；接到；收到:
to receive a letter / present / phone call 收到信/礼物；接到电话
to receive information / payment / thanks 接收信息/付款；受到感谢
He received an award for bravery from the police service. 他以其勇敢行为受到警务部门的嘉奖。TREATMENT / INJURY 待遇；伤害
2. [VN] ~ sth (from sb) to experience or be given a particular type of treatment or an injury
体验；受到(某种待遇或伤害):
We received a warm welcome from our hosts. 我们受到了主人的热情欢迎。
Emergency cases will receive professional attention immediately. 急诊病人将立即得到诊治。
to receive severe injuries 受重伤REACT TO STH 作出反应
3. [VN] [usually passive] ~ sth (with sth) to react to sth new, in a particular way
对…作出反应:
The play was well received by the critics. 剧评家对这出戏反应良好。
The statistics were received with concern. 这些统计数字受到了关注。GUESTS 客人
4. [VN] [often passive] ~ sb (with sth) |
~ sb (as sth) (
formal) to welcome or entertain a guest, especially formally
接待；欢迎；招待:
He was received as an honoured guest at the White House. 他在白宫受到贵宾的礼遇接待。AS MEMBER OF STH 成员
5. [VN] ~ sb (into sth) to officially recognize and accept sb as a member of a group
接纳；允许加入:
Three young people were received into the Church at Easter. 复活节时有三位年轻人入教。TV / RADIO 电视；收音机
6. [VN] to change broadcast signals into sounds or pictures on a television, radio, etc.
接收；收看；收听:
to receive programmes via satellite 通过衞星收看节目7. [VN] to be able to hear a radio message that is being sent by sb
接收到,收听到(无线电讯号):
I'm receiving you loud and clear. 我能收听到你的声音,又清晰,又响亮。STOLEN GOODS 赃物
8. [VN , V] (especially BrE) to buy or accept goods that you know have been stolen
购买；接受IN SPORT 体育运动
9. (in tennis
, etc. 网球等) to be the player that the
server
hits the ball to
接(发球):
▪ [V]
She won the toss and chose to receive. 她猜中了掷币结果,选择接发球。
▪ [also VN] IDIOMS ▪ be at / on the re'ceiving end (of sth) (
informal) to be the person that an action, etc. is directed at, especially an unpleasant one
承受不愉快之事:
She found herself on the receiving end of a great deal of criticism. 她发现自己遭到众多的批评。 Oxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishreceive
verb
1 get/accept sth
ADV. gratefully All donations will be gratefully received.
VERB + RECEIVE be entitled to You might be entitled to receive housing benefit. | expect to You can expect to receive compensation for all direct expenses arising out of the accident.
PREP. from I received a parcel from my mother.
2 react to sth in a particular way
ADV. well The play was very well received. | badly The speech was badly received by republican leaders.
PREP. with The news was received with dismay.
re·ceive
\rə̇ˈsēv, rēˈ-\
verb
(
-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English
receiven, from Old North French
receivre, from Latin
recipere to take back, take, accept, receive, from
re- + -cipere (from
capere to take) — more at
heave
transitive verb1.
a.
(1) : to take possession or delivery of
< receive a gift >
< receive a letter >
(2) : to knowingly accept (stolen goods)
< suspected of receiving the stolen jewels >
b. : to give attention to
: listen to
< receive his confession >
< refused to receive advice from his friends >2.
a. : to take in
: act as a receptacle or container for
< a great interior lake received this young giant among rivers — Tom Marvel >
b. : to take in through the mind or senses
< any young, active mind that was ready to receive ideas — M.R.Cohen >
< at an age when he was most ready to receive new impressions >
c. : contain
,
hold
< too small to receive the burnt offering — 1 Kings 8:64 (Revised Standard Version) >3.
a. : to give accommodation, protection, or refuge to
: harbor
< go back to a husband who was still ready to receive her — Atlantic >
b. of a female mammal : accept
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4.
a. : to admit or accept in some character or capacity
< received him as a colleague >
< would not receive her as his son's wife >
b. : to admit to a place, faith, group, or condition
< they were received both at the tribal fire and at the trading post — American Guide Series: Minnesota >
< having shortly before abandoned his skepticism and been received into the Catholic faith — H.W.H.Knott >5.
a. : to welcome on arrival
: greet
< the small lady who received them at his house — William Black >
b. : to give a formal and official welcome to
< shall receive ambassadors and other public ministers — U.S. Constitution >
c. : to greet or react to in a specified manner
< began his first concert tour, on which he was well received — Current Biography >
< the academic world received it with hostility — Max Lerner >6.
a. : to acquiesce in or submit to
: endure willingly
< couldn't unquestioningly receive acceptance by these white patients — F.A.Perry >
b. : to support the weight or pressure of
: bear
< receives the weight of the world on his shoulders >
c. : to take (a mark or impression) from the weight or pressure of something
< the ground was too hard to receive a footprint >
< his tenderer cheek receives her soft hand's print — Shakespeare >
d. : to undergo the impact of or interrupt the course of
: catch
,
intercept
< get their full share of light, receiving the cooler level rays of the rising and setting sun — Andrew Young >
< available to receive the discharge of such emotions — R.M.Weaver >7.
a. : to come into possession of
: acquire
< received his early education in the public schools >
< received his medical training abroad >
b. : to meet with
: experience
< a book that has never received the attention it deserves >
< has received love and understanding from those around him >
c. : to be exposed or subjected to
: suffer
< received the royal displeasure on one occasion — Harvey Graham >
d. : to be hurt or damaged by (a specified blow or injury)
< received a mortal wound >
< received a broken nose >
e. : to be placed under the burden, charge, or constraint of
: be made subject to
< received a heavy sentence from the judge >
< received written orders from the commanding general >
< received a subpoena >8.
a. : to partake of (the eucharistic sacrament)
b. : to take in at the mouth
< for fear of opening my lips and receiving the bad air — Shakespeare >
< receive nourishment >9.
a. : to accept as true or valid
: recognize as authoritative
: believe
< attacked received theological and philosophical opinion on the nature of the universe — British Book News >
< the material theory of heat, the idea of caloric, which was generally received until the 1850's — S.F.Mason >
b. : to admit as evidence
< no objection to the ice pick being received in evidence — Erle Stanley Gardner >intransitive verb1. : to be a recipient
< more blessed to give than to receive — Acts 20:35 (Authorized Version) >2. : to take the eucharistic sacrament
: take Communion
3. : to be at home to visitors
< she receives on Tuesdays >4. : to catch pitched balls in a baseball game
< worked hard on his receiving — Lou Boudreau >5. : to convert incoming radio waves into perceptible signals
Synonyms:
accept
,
admit
,
take
: although
receive
can sometimes suggest a positive welcoming or recognition
< receive the group with open arms >
< the work has been received with enthusiasm — Current Biography >
it usually implies that something comes or is allowed to come into one's presence, possession, group, consciousness, or substance while one is passive
< receive military instruction >
< receive a gift >
< be received into the church >
accept
adds to this the notion of positive acquiescence or consent even though tacit
< accept a gift >
< accept an appointment >
< accept an apology >
< accept a new member into a club >
admit
suggests permission given or sufferance granted to come or enter
< admit an ambassador into one's presence >
< admit new members into a club >
< a door wide enough to admit a small car >
take
carries the notion of accepting or, more commonly, of making no positive protest against receiving, often of almost welcoming on principle, something offered, conferred, or inflicted
< take a plate when it is passed to you >
< take advice in good spirit >