receive: [13] To receive something is etymologically to ‘take it back’. The word comes via Old French receivre from Latin recipere ‘regain’, a compound verb formed from the prefix re- ‘back, again’ and capere ‘take’ (source of English capture). Other English descendants of recipere are receipt [14] (which goes back to medieval Latin recepta, a noun use of the verb’s feminine past participle), receptacle [15], reception [14], recipe, and recipient [16]. => captive, capture, receptacle, recipe
receive (v.)
c. 1300, from Old North French receivre (Old French recoivre) "seize, take hold of, pick up; welcome, accept," from Latin recipere "regain, take back, bring back, carry back, recover; take to oneself, take in, admit," from re- "back," though the exact sense here is obscure (see re-) + -cipere, comb. form of capere "to take" (see capable). Radio and (later) television sense is attested from 1908. Related: Received; receiving.
双语例句
1. Words like " believe " and " receive " are a source of confusion in spelling.
诸如believe和receive这样的词在拼写上容易混淆.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
2. Children at school receive coloured stars for work well done.
学校里的孩子表现得好会得到彩色星星。
来自柯林斯例句
3. She went to New York to receive the award in person.
她亲自前往纽约领奖。
来自柯林斯例句
4. When we are off sick, we only receive half pay.
我们请病假的时候只能拿一半薪水。
来自柯林斯例句
5. Volunteers receive £21 pocket money each week, accommodation and expenses.
