receive
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ldoce_742_zre·ceive /rɪˈsiːv/ ●●● S1 W1 verb [transitive] 1 be given STH 得到某物GET to be given something 得到，收到 SYN get All the children will receive a small gift. 每个孩子都会收到一份小礼物。receive something from somebody She received an honorary degree from Harvard. 她获得了哈佛大学的荣誉学位。receive attention/affection/support She received no support from her parents. 她没有得到父母的支持。receive payment/money/a pension etc They will be entitled to receive unemployment benefit. 他们将有资格领取失业救济金。receive a prize/award/gift etc He went up to receive his award from the mayor. 他上前接受市长颁奖。receive education/training 16 to 18-year-olds receiving full-time education 接受全日制教育的16到18岁青少年 Lee received 324 votes (=324 people voted for him). 李得到324票。 RegisterReceive is a rather formal word, which is used especially in written English. In everyday English, people usually use get. receive 是一个较为正式的单词，尤用于英语书面语。在日常英语中，人们一般用 getWhat did you get for your birthday? 你生日收到了什么礼物？She got a degree from York University. 她在约克大学取得了学位。2 be sent STH 接到某物 formalGET to get a letter, message, or telephone call, or something which someone has sent you 接到，收到〔信件、消息、电话等〕receive something from somebody He received a letter from his insurance company. 他收到他的保险公司寄来的一封信。 If you would like to receive further information, return the attached form. 欲收到详细资料，请交回所附表格。 We have received numerous complaints about the noise. 我们已经收到很多对噪音的投诉。3 treatment 治疗 formalMIMH if you receive a particular type of medical treatment, it is done to you 接受〔治疗〕 He received hospital treatment for a cut over his eye. 他眼部受伤，接受了医院的治疗。4 reaction to STH 对某事物的反应REACT to react in a particular way to a suggestion, idea, performance etc 对…作出反应 → reception The film was well received by critics (=they said it was good). 影评家们对这部电影反响良好。 He received the news in silence. 他听了这个消息默不作声。n Grammar Receive is often passive in this meaning.5 be on/at the receiving end (of something) EFFECT/INFLUENCEto be the person who is affected by someone else’s actions, usually in an unpleasant way 承受〔通常指不愉快之事〕 She found herself on the receiving end of racist abuse. 她觉得自己遭到种族虐待。6. receive an injury/blow formal to be injured or hit 受伤/挨打7 people 人 formalSS to officially accept someone as a guest or member of a group 接待，招待；接纳8 by radio 用无线电5 FREQUENCY 使用频率
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receive• The airline received 14,760 bids during the auction, which lasted 2 1 / 2 months.• We have received 2,200 telegrams and 4,000 letters in response to your Mideast statements...• She received an honorary degree from Harvard in 1990.• Did Caroline receive an invitation?• Police received calls from residents who heard the gunshots.• Are you still receiving financial aid?• Many favourable comments were received from teachers and pupils concerning the wide ranging applications and future work opportunities available in Chemistry.• Richardson received invitations to speak at all three universities.• It not only receives, it picks and chooses and processes all it receives.• Those who sneak in say conditions are physically improved but the children receive little of the love and attention they need.• "Are you receiving me?" "Receiving you loud and clear."• Three firefighters received minor injuries while fighting the blaze.• When she received news of her father's death, she returned home.• Officials have received numerous complaints about airport noise.• He received the appointment, but Parker himself was never sworn into office.• He says he never received the fax from us.• There is no central registry that ensures that only a tiny percentage of women will receive the label.• Hotel guests may not receive visitors after 10 p.m.• You will receive your credit card in approximately two weeks.• We received your letter the 1st of March.• I'm sorry I didn't call earlier, but I've only just received your message.receive something from somebody• In 1962 she received an honorary doctorate from Harvard.receive ... information• Communicating is an exchange-a giving and receiving of information.• Communications is a process of. exchange-a giving and receiving of information.• Sensing refers to receiving the information.• Unlike a computer the brain does more than receive information.• Individuals interested in Imaging Consultants' conference can receive more information by calling 555-666-6666.• All freshmen who attend optional orientation sessions receive information on date rape.• They receive information on it from people they trust, and whose opinion they hold in high regard.• Clients did not receive regular information on where their money was invested or what their funds were now worth.received ... treatment• Yates had a history of drug abuse for which she received treatment.• Carey Lohrenz received preferential treatment and inflated grades during flight training.• And she has received shock treatment before.• Only eight and 12 children respectively received nutritional treatment for varying intervals during years one and two.• Over 700 demonstrators received treatment in hospital.• I received treatment on my injury every day in Edinburgh, so that by the end I was recovering well.• In the past six months, the intervention specialists interviewed about 440 people, and most received treatment within a week.well received• But a reissue of his work this week has been less well received.• Organizations that come in trying to tell people what to do or how to think are not very well received.• The novel was not well received.• The plenary sessions on Friday and Saturday were less well received.• He was well received, and we were led to believe the administration would offer constructive proposals for reforming health care.• The message was well received by commissioners.• Hawke's first novel was well received by many book critics.• Protests have been peaceful and well received by the public.• Another gift that was well received was a book of poetry for which I made a pressed flower bookmark.receive guests/visitors• But her spirit remained intact, and she continued to receive visitors.• Not for nothing had this little procession presented the air of a party setting out to receive guests.• He could receive visitors and was allowed out of jail from time to time, even occasionally to preach in London.• She did, however, often visit friends and members of her family, as well as receive visitors at Weston.• He was delighted to receive visitors but charged Mike £50 for the opportunity to photograph him.• She did not receive visitors dressed only in a shirt.• Tower has received visitors from every conceivable country on earth and indigenous people from the Cordillera have visited Britain.Origin receive (1300-1400) Old North French receivre, from Latin recipere, from capere “to take”re·ceive verb →n GRAMMAR1 →REGISTER1
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receive
re‧ceive S1 W1 /rɪˈsiːv/
verb [transitive]
SYN get:
All the children will receive a small gift.
receive something from somebody
She received an honorary degree from Harvard.
receive attention/affection/support
She received no support from her parents.
receive payment/money/a pension etc
They will be entitled to receive unemployment benefit.
receive a prize/award/gift etc
He went up to receive his award from the mayor.
receive education/training
16 to 18-year-olds receiving full-time education
Lee received 324 votes (=324 people voted for him).
REGISTER
Receive is a rather formal word, which is used especially in written English. In everyday English, people usually use get.
▪What did you get for your birthday?
▪She got a degree from York University.
2. BE SENT SOMETHING formal to get a letter, message, or telephone call, or something which someone has sent you
receive something from somebody
He received a letter from his insurance company.
If you would like to receive further information, return the attached form.
We have received numerous complaints about the noise.
3. TREATMENT formal if you receive a particular type of medical treatment, it is done to you:
He received hospital treatment for a cut over his eye.
4. REACTION TO SOMETHING [usually passive] to react in a particular way to a suggestion, idea, performance etc ⇨ reception:
The film was well received by critics (=they said it was good).
He received the news in silence.
5. be on/at the receiving end (of something) to be the person who is affected by someone else’s actions, usually in an unpleasant way:
She found herself on the receiving end of racist abuse.
6. receive an injury/blow formal to be injured or hit
7. PEOPLE formal to officially accept someone as a guest or member of a group
receive guests/visitors
She isn’t well enough to receive visitors yet.
receive somebody into something
She was later received into the Church.
8. BY RADIO
a. if a radio or television receives radio waves or other signals, it makes them become sounds or pictures
b. to be able to hear a radio message that someone is sending:
Receiving you loud and clear!'
re‧ceive S1 W1 /rɪˈsiːv/
verb [transitive] Word Family: noun: receipt, receipts, receiver, reception, receivership, receiving, receptionist, receptor; adjective: receptive ≠ UNRECEPTIVE, received; verb: receive
Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old North French
Origin: receivre, from Latin recipere, from capere 'to take'
1. BE GIVEN SOMETHING to be given something Language: Old North French
Origin: receivre, from Latin recipere, from capere 'to take'
SYN get:
receive something from somebody
receive attention/affection/support
receive payment/money/a pension etc
receive a prize/award/gift etc
receive education/training
REGISTER
Receive is a rather formal word, which is used especially in written English. In everyday English, people usually use get.
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2. BE SENT SOMETHING formal to get a letter, message, or telephone call, or something which someone has sent you
receive something from somebody
3. TREATMENT formal if you receive a particular type of medical treatment, it is done to you:
4. REACTION TO SOMETHING [usually passive] to react in a particular way to a suggestion, idea, performance etc ⇨ reception:
5. be on/at the receiving end (of something) to be the person who is affected by someone else’s actions, usually in an unpleasant way:
6. receive an injury/blow formal to be injured or hit
7. PEOPLE formal to officially accept someone as a guest or member of a group
receive guests/visitors
receive somebody into something
8. BY RADIO
a. if a radio or television receives radio waves or other signals, it makes them become sounds or pictures
b. to be able to hear a radio message that someone is sending:
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