receipt
【1】收据，（日常购物中）发票
【例】Ask the shop for a receipt when you pay the bill.
付账时，要商店给一张发票[收据]。
【2】收入，进款
常用复数形式。
【例】The bank’s receipts have increased a lot since last year.
自去年以来，银行收入大有增加。
【3】收到
①后面多接用of。
【例】We acknowledge receipt of your order of May 15.
5月15日订单收悉。
【4】after receipt of在收到……以后
①【例】These bills must be paid very soon after receipt of goods.
收到货物后必须很快照单付款。
②句中除after receipt of外，可另用表示“迅速”或“一段期间”的时间状语，它与on receipt of稍不同。
【例】We shall appreciate it if you will arrange to establish the L/C immediately after receipt of the present letter.
如蒙收到本函后立即开出信用证，则不胜感激。
③有时receipt前可用物主代词或the。
【例】The time of shipment is within one year after our receipt of your down payment.
装船期限为收到你方第一次付款之日起的1年内。
【5】against receipt of凭收到……
【例】The Buyers shall open through the Bank of China an irrevocable L/C in favour of the Sellers, payable against receipt of the shipping documents.
买方应通过中国银行开出以卖方为受益人的不可撤销的信用证，凭收到装船单据付款。
【6】before [prior to] receipt of在收到……之前
【例】We had entertained an order from our client before receipt of your letter about the raise of your quotations.
在接到你方通知涨价之前，我们已接受了一份客户的订货。
【7】be in receipt of收到
【例】We are in receipt of your letter dated May 24.
5月24日来函收悉。
【8】from receipt of在收到……后
【例】Your L/C should be opened within two weeks from receipt of our advice.
你方信用证应于收到我方通知后两个星期内开出。
【9】of receipt (of) 在收到（……后）
【例】We shall try to fill all order within 15 days of receipt.
我们争取在收到订单后15天内加以执行。
【10】on [upon] receipt (of) 收到（……后）
①【例】On receipt of your L/C we shall ship the goods without delay.
收到信用证后我们得迅速装船。
②句中除on [upon] receipt外，可有其他表示“立即”、“迅速”之类的时间状语。
【例】We will ship the goods to you with transhipment at Hong Kong right [immediately] upon receipt of the L/C amendment.
一俟收到信用证修改通知书后，我们就能立即发货，在香港转船。
【11】until receipt of收到……时为止
【例】Due to carelessness, we did not find this point until receipt of your L/C No. 2266.
由于粗心大意，我们直至收到你方第2266号信用证时才发现这一点。
receive
【1】收到
①【例】The seller will forward the goods when he receives the payment.
当卖方收到货款时，他就会发出货物。
②使用其动名词。
【例】Upon receiving of your enquiry of July 2, we have contacted a large number of shipping companies.
接到你方7月2日来函询问后，我们已与许多航运公司进行了联系。
③下列句中省略了is，has been或was。
【例】Your letter of August 2 received.
8月2日来信已收到。
④下面是收据的常用语。
【例】Received from [of] Mr. J. Smith the sum of Five Hundred US Dollars (US$500) only.
今从J. 史密斯先生处收到500美元整。
【2】接见，会见
【例】Sorry, our managing director is not in the office. He is receiving a foreign businessman.
对不起，我们的常务董事不在办公室。他正在会见外商。
【3】欢迎
【例】Your textiles are well received in our market.
你方纺织品在我地市场颇受欢迎。
recent
新近的，最近的
下面是旧式书信中的句子。
【例】In reply to your letter of recent date, we wish to state that the samples you requested have been airmailed today.
贵方最近来信所要求的样品，今日已空邮寄上。