2VERB 经受;受到 You can use receive to say that certain kinds of thing happen to someone. For example if they are injured, you can say that they received an injury. 经受;受到
He received more of the blame than anyone when the plan failed to work. [VERB noun]
计划失败后,他受到了比别人更多的指责。
She was suffering from whiplash injuries received in a car crash. [VERB-ed]
她在车祸中颈部扭伤。
3VERB 接见;迎接;招待 When you receive a visitor or a guest, you greet them. 接见;迎接;招待
The following evening the duchess was again receiving guests. [VERB noun]
第二天晚上公爵夫人又在会客。
The shop assistant received me indifferently while leaning on a counter. [VERB noun]
5VERB 接收(信号) When a radio or television receives signals that are being transmitted, it picks them up and converts them into sound or pictures. 接收(信号) [Also VERB]
The reception was a little faint but clear enough for him to receive the signal. [VERB noun]
接收到的信号有点弱,但对他来说已够清晰,可以接收到。
6VERB 购买,窝藏(赃物) If someone receives stolen goods, they buy or are given things that have been stolen. 购买,窝藏(赃物) [mainly British, law]
He went to prison for receiving stolen scrap iron. [VERB noun]
他因为收购偷来的废铁而入狱。
He received the shoes when stolen, and then passed them on to the men who would sell them. [VERB noun]
7PHRASE 经历(不愉快的事情);成为受害者 If you are on the receiving end or at the receiving end of something unpleasant, you are the person that it happens to. 经历(不愉快的事情);成为受害者
You saw hate in their eyes and you were on the receiving end of that hate.
你在他们的眼睛里看到仇恨,而且你就是他们仇恨的对象。
Bullying can indeed be distressing and frightening for those at the receiving end.