1. 1aC1/rɪˈsiːvd/公認的,普遍接受的

    正式Accepted by most people as correct or standard, even if it is not always true.

    Accepted by most people 被大多數人接受as correct or standard, 是正確或標準的even if it is not always true.即使並非總是真實的

    示範例句 · Example

    The received wisdom is that breakfast is the most important meal.

    逐字公認的看法是早餐是最重要的一餐。

    received 當形容詞時,意思是「大家都這樣認為、普遍接受的」——通常用在 received wisdom(公認的看法)、received opinion(普遍觀點)。一種想法是:這個說法是「被一代代傳下來、大家照單全收」的。注意它常帶一點「未必真的對」的暗示。Received Pronunciation 則是英國的標準口音。

    常見搭配

    • received wisdom

      公認的看法

      the opinion most people accept as true

      He questioned the received wisdom of his field.

    • received opinion/view

      普遍觀點

      the generally accepted view

      This goes against received opinion.

    意思相反

    unconventionaldisputed

core核心畫面

You can picture 'received' as an idea that has been handed around and taken in by everyone, until it stands as the accepted, official version — whether or not it is truly right.

可以想成一個說法被大家一個傳一個地「接收」進來、收下了,久而久之就變成公認、標準的版本——不管它實際上對不對。這個 received 不是「剛收到」,而是「已經被普遍收下、奉為正統」的那種接受。

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原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

receivedadj/ɹɪˈsiːvd/

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    Generally accepted as correct or true.

    • And therefore as though there were any feriation in nature or justitiums imaginable in professions, whose subject is natural, and under no intermissive, but constant way of mutation, this season is commonly termed the physician's vacation, and stands so received by most men.
    • The old saying goes that we should not judge a man until we have walked a mile in his shoes. As with so much received wisdom – from judging books by their covers to the relative exchange rate for birds in hands and bushes – this is of course rubbish.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。