recipient(名词):接受者;收件人;领取者;受赠者。常指收到某物(信件、信息、奖项、资金、器官等)的人或机构。
/ rɪˈsɪpiənt /
The recipient signed for the package.
收件人在包裹签收单上签了字。
She was the recipient of a scholarship awarded for academic excellence.
她因学业优秀而获得奖学金,是该奖学金的获得者。
来自拉丁语 recipere,意为“接收、收取”(re- “回、再” + capere “拿、取”)。后来通过拉丁语现在分词形式演变为英语 recipient,保留“接受者”的核心含义。