1550s, from Middle French récipient (16c.) and directly from Latin recipientem (nominative recipiens), present participle of recipere (see receive). As an adjective from 1610s. Related: Recipience; recipiency.
雙語例句
1. A suppressed immune system puts a transplant recipient at risk of other infections.
接受器官移植的病人免疫系統(tǒng)受到抑制后很可能會感染其他疾病。
來自辭典例句
2. The postman spent almost a whole day looking for the recipient of the letter.
郵遞員幾乎花了整整一天時間尋找該信的收信人。
來自辭典例句
3. The Phoumi regime became the recipient of American military aid.
富米政權成了美國軍事援助的接受者.
來自辭典例句
4. This is a blend of elements of the invading and recipient cultures.
這是入侵文化和接受文化兩種成分的融合.
來自辭典例句
5. Both electrons don't count for the donor and neither for the recipient.