receive

英[r?'si?v] 美[r?'siv]

第三人稱單數(shù):?receives;過去式:?received;過去分詞:?received;現(xiàn)在分詞:?receiving;

1、re- "back" + -ceiv- + -e.
2、字面含義：take back.

receive 接收，收到

re-,向后，往回，-ceive,抓住，拿到，詞源同 conceive,capable.

receive: 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.

1. Words like " believe " and " receive " are a source of confusion in spelling.: 諸如believe和receive這樣的詞在拼寫上容易混淆.

2. Children at school receive coloured stars for work well done.: 學(xué)校里的孩子表現(xiàn)得好會(huì)得到彩色星星。

3. She went to New York to receive the award in person.: 她親自前往紐約領(lǐng)獎(jiǎng)。

4. When we are off sick, we only receive half pay.: 我們請(qǐng)病假的時(shí)候只能拿一半薪水。

5. Volunteers receive ￡21 pocket money each week, accommodation and expenses.: 志愿者每周領(lǐng)到21英鎊的零用錢，免費(fèi)住宿，還得到一筆生活費(fèi)。