Receiving
“Receiving” 指正在或持续地收到东西或信号,如 “She is receiving treatment.”(她正在接受治疗的。)物流中 “receiving department” 指收货部门。
- “The phone is not receiving messages in the basement.” (手机在地下室收不到信息。)
- “We are receiving more applications than last year.” (我们收到的申请比去年多。)
- “Guests waited in the receiving line after the ceremony.” (仪式后宾客在接待队列中等候致意。)
“Receive” 来自拉丁语 recipere(取回),re- + capere(拿);receiving 为 receive + -ing。
re- + ceive(拿,变体)→ receive;-ing 表进行。相关词 receiver(接收者;听筒)。
医疗 “receiving care” 强调在治;体育美式足球有 “receiving yards”(接球码数);邮件 “thank you for receiving” 较正式。
- 原形: receive
- 过去式: received
- 名词: receipt, receiver
- 固定搭配: “receiving end” (接收一端), “receiving line” (接待队列), “receiving antenna” (接收天线)
receive 是收到,-ing:receiving = 正在接收中。
“While receiving packages at the dock, he noticed one box was leaking.” (在码头收货时,他发现有个箱子在渗漏。)