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発音

• IPA: /ɹəˈsɪp.i.ənt/
• IPA: /ɹɪˈsɪp.i.ənt/

名詞

recipient (plural recipients)

1. One who receives.

   Synonym: addressee

   the recipient of money or goods

   My e-mail never reached the intended recipient.

   • 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 52:

     And it [bribery and fraud] didn't stop there. Both Sir Winston Churchill and later Labour leader Michael Foot were allegedly regular recipients of private cheques that would have seen them summarily sacked in this present age of transparency.

2. (medicine) A person receiving donor organs or tissues.
3. (chemistry) The portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected.

使用する際の注意点

“Recipient” is often reserved for the act of receiving such things as awards or medals; “receiver” is used for insignificant items.

派生語

形容詞

recipient (not comparable)

1. receiving

参考

• Category:Alambics on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons