receiver

Compared meaning: a person who receives something (noun).

比较义项：接收人，接收某物的人或物质（名词）。

• receiver 本词

  As a person, 'receiver' appears mainly in fixed or technical phrases (a football receiver, the official receiver in bankruptcy, a receiver of stolen goods), not as a general word for someone who gets a gift or award.

  receiver 表示“接收者（人）”时，主要出现在固定或专门的说法里（橄榄球中的接球员、破产案中的破产管理人、销赃者），而不是泛指“得到礼物或奖项的人”的通用词。

  He was fined for buying goods from a known receiver of stolen property.

  他因为从一个已知的销赃者那里购买货物而被罚款。

• recipient

  The general, neutral word for any person or thing that receives something, such as an award, gift, organ or aid; used far more broadly than 'receiver' in this sense, which stays inside fixed phrases.

  recipient 是通用、中性的词，可以指接受任何东西的人或物，例如奖项、礼物、器官或援助；它的使用范围比 receiver 广得多，而 receiver 在这个意义上只用于固定说法中。

  She became the recipient of a full scholarship after her final exam results.

  在期末考试成绩出来之后，她获得了一份全额奖学金。

Receiver and recipient both can mean a person who receives something. Recipient is the general word for anyone who gets an award, gift, organ, or aid. Receiver appears only in fixed phrases, like a football receiver. It can also mean a device, not compared here.

这两个词都可以指“接收某物的人”，但用法很不一样：recipient 是通用词，几乎可以用于任何“接受者”（奖学金、礼物、器官、援助等）；receiver 表示“接收者”时只出现在少数固定或专门的说法里（体育、法律、通信领域），不能自由替换 recipient。这里不比较 receiver 表示“接收装置”的义项，例如电话听筒或收音机。