recipient
recipient は英検準1級・TOEIC 730レベルの英単語で、「受取人、受領者」という意味があります。発音記号は /rɪˈsɪpiːənt/ です。
受取人、受領者
解説 Definition
手紙、荷物、金銭、情報、給付、賞などを受け取る人や団体を指す語。文脈によって受取人、受領者、受給者、受賞者などと訳し分けられるが、中心となる意味は『何かを受け取る側』である。
A recipient is the person or group that receives something. It is commonly used for letters, emails, money, awards, or help. The word is slightly formal and often appears in written or official contexts.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
receive を知っていれば、recipient は「receiveする側の人」と結びつけると入りやすい。語尾の -ent は agent, resident などにも見られ、「その立場の人」という感覚で覚えると残りやすい。sender（送り手）と recipient（受け手）の対で出やすく、email recipient, payment recipient, award recipient の形が頻出。receiver も近いが、recipient は人・団体をややフォーマルに指すことが多い。
Connect recipient with receive: a recipient is the one who receives. It is easy to remember as the opposite of sender. It often appears in formal phrases like email recipient, award recipient, or payment recipient.
例文
The recipient of the scholarship was excited to begin her university studies.
その奨学金の受給者は、大学での勉強を始めることを楽しみにしていた。
The letter will be delivered to the recipient within three business days.
その手紙は3営業日以内に受取人に届けられる。
Each recipient of the award must give a thank you speech at the ceremony.
その賞の受賞者はそれぞれ、式典で感謝のスピーチをしなければならない。
recipient の類義語・関連語
recipient の語源・成り立ち Etymology
recipient はラテン語 recipere「受け取る」から来て、re-「戻って」＋ capere「つかむ」＋ -ent「…する人」と分けられます。receive や capture と同じ capere の仲間だと知ると、recipient が「受け取る側」だとすっと入ります。
Recipient comes from Latin recipere, meaning "receive" or "take back," plus the ending -ent for a person or thing that does an action. The verb is built from re- "back" and capere "take, seize." So a recipient is originally the one who takes or receives something; related English words include receive and capture.
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