reception
Definitions
The act or process of receiving something
接收；接受（的行为或过程）
A formal social gathering to welcome someone or mark an event
招待会，欢迎会；（婚礼后的）喜宴
The area near the entrance of a hotel or office where visitors are greeted
接待处，前台
The quality of a received radio or television signal
（无线电、电视的）接收效果，信号
Root Breakdown
Native Englishre- (back) + -cept- (Latin captum, the past participle of capere, "taken") + -ion (act of) = "the act of taking back / taking in." Notice the spelling switch: the verb keeps the soft French -ceive (receive), but the noun reaches back to the harder Latin past participle -cept- (reception). One image of "taking in" fans out into a welcome party (taking guests in), a front desk (where visitors are taken in), and signal reception (how well a device takes in waves).
Root cap still carries 163 more wordsWhy It Means This
Reception shows the -ceive / -cept- split that runs through the whole family: the everyday verb softened to -ceive in French (receive, deceive, perceive), but the Latin noun stem -cept- resurfaces in the abstract nouns (reception, deception, perception). Once you see that -cept- is just the "taken" form of the same root, the spelling stops feeling random.
Common Collocations
- 1.wedding reception婚宴
- 2.warm reception热烈欢迎
- 3.reception desk接待台
- 4.poor reception信号差
- 5.hold a reception举办招待会
Example Sentences
- 1.
They held the wedding reception at a seaside hotel.
- 2.
Please leave your key at reception.
- 3.
The new policy got a cool reception from voters.
- 4.
Phone reception is poor inside the tunnel.