re-cipient /ri'sipiant/ noun (formal) a person who receives sth recipients of awards
recip ro cal /ri'siprakl/
fld/. involving two people or groups who agree to help each other or behave in
the same way to each other 51®; Jv£ : The two colleges have a reciprocal
arrangement whereby students from one college can attend classes at the other. W Bf ^
> re-cip-ro-
cal-ly /-kli/ adv.
re'ciprocal verb noun (grammar ig- ft) a verb that
expresses the idea of an action that is done by two or more people or things to
each other, for example ‘kiss’ in the sentence ‘Paul and Claire kissed.’ 3EK
zjfjisl ( ft Paul and Claire kissed kiss )
recip-ro-cate /ri'siprakeit/
verb 1 ~ (sth) (with sth) to behave or feel towards sb in the same way as they
behave or feel towards you 0 Jg.; 0 ft : [VN] Her passion for him
was not reciprocated. M /[ft 0 1# tS: ft
M M 0 ft o 0 He smiled but his smile was not reciprocated.
I wasn’t sure whether to laugh or to reciprocate with
a remark of my own.
ft A 0 ft o 2 [V] (technical 7|t #jj to move backwards and forwards in a straight
line ft M # :
a reciprocating action ft M is $ ► re cip ro
ca tion /
reci procity /.resi'prnsati; NAmE -'prais-/ noun [U] (formal) a situation in which
two people, countries, etc. provide the same help or advantages to each other
KM; K&li Km
recital /ri'saitl/ noun 1 a public performance of music or poetry, usually
given by one person or a small group ft Isy||$ii: to give a piano recital ^
2 a spoken
description of a series of events, etc. that is often long and boring (,nft ) M — M ft;
reci ta tion /.resi'teijn/
noun 1 [C, Uj an act of saying a piece of poetry or
literature that you have learned to an audience Ift i| ; g] 2 [C] an act of
talking or writing about a series of things jg — ?ijft; ft ft i/. ft: She continued her recitation of the week’s
events. MHIr
reci ta tive /.resita'tiiv/ noun [C, U] (music ft) a
passage in an opera or oratorio that is sung in the rhythm of
ordinary speech with many words on the same note
(mmm
re cite /ri'sait/ verb 1 ~ (sth) (to sb) to say a poem, piece of literature, etc. that you have
learned, especially to an audience ( f£ ) ftii, util, g]il: [VN]
Each child had to recite a poem to the class. if-ft
71$ —ft# <, [also V, V
wh-, V speech] 2 ~ sth (to sb) to say a list or series of things ( PA ) ?ijft; ft -ft# ft: [VN] They recited all their grievances to me. ft
0ft0 She could recite a list of
all the kings and queens. Mfb
[also
V wh-, V speech]
reck less /'reklas/ adj. showing a lack of care about danger and the possible
results of your actions # # 6ft POT! rash: Heshoweda
reckless disregard for his own
safety. fti^ftA^laft^
KFJtM&o
0 She was a good rider,
but reckless, ftftft O He had always been
reckless with money. 0 to cause death by reckless driving reck-less-ly adv.: He
admitted driving recklessly. ftftiA##^5^0 recklessness noun [U]
reckon Ch* /'rekan/ verb
1 (informal, especially BrE) to think sth or have an opinion about sth $g; iff] ■ [V (that)] I reckon (that) I’m
going to get that job. HciA 0 0 He’ll
be famous one day. What
do you reckon (= do you agree)? ftft$ftl£A6ft 0 [V] It’s
worth a lot of money, I
reckon. Ho ft ft H ^ <, o
‘They’ll never find out.’ ‘You reckon?’ (= I think you may be wrong about that) ” “Jt
t^r? ” o note at think 2 be reckoned (not used in the progressive tenses A ft ft ft Rf) to be generally
considered to be sth Mftj^iAAIft M#ftM:: [VN to
1657 reclassify
inf] Children are reckoned to be more
sophisticated nowadays. ACliAAftX#j3£7
ftM-AtMo o [VN-N] It was generally reckoned
a success. AlCffUAA I# 0
[also VN-ADJ] 3 [V to inf] (BrE, informal) to expect to do sth fftJI; ftif; ftM: We
reckon to finish by ten.
Ao 4 ~ sth (at sth) to calculate an amount, a number,
etc. ft
% ; ft if; if % : [VN] The age of the earth is reckoned at about
4 600 million years. ftitftJ$lft¥MAft A 46 o [v (that)] They reckon
(that) their profits are down
by at least 20%. ft fl ft if fij PI M ft A T 20% 0 0 [VN to inf] The journey was
reckoned to take about two hours. fi&±ft if JITS A
ft W ft ft 0 0 ITHI1 This pattern is
usually used in the passive, ittU!I;M 'reckon on sth to expect sth to
happen or to rely on sth happening ftH; ftfft They
hadn’t reckoned on a rebellion, ftf] 0 [+ -ing] We’d reckoned on
having good weather. Cl H ft M &
W 1ft A H o , reckon sth*-
'up (especially BrE) to calculate the total amount or number of
sth Eft if; ^if: He reckoned up the cost of everything
in his mind. ft^J®ftMffi^f^^ffif|5^if 7 —-fo 'reckon with sb/sth 1 [usually passive] to
consider or treat sb/sth as a serious opponent, problem, etc. Sr M; iAJIft S!: They were already a political force to
be reckoned with, ftf] £ ft—£7 ft
6i! ® ft ft M „
2
(usually used in negative sentences il's'#] 7^^^) to consider sth as a possible
problem that you should be prepared for ft ( of fg tB M 10 ^ ) % Jt A K77I take sth into account: [+ -ing] I didn’t reckon with getting caught up in
so much traffic. He ft # I'J H ft ’reckon without sb/sth (especially BrE) to not consider sb/sth as a possible
problem that you should be prepared for ;
ft ft • • -M ft ft PYZ71
not take sth into
account : They had reckoned
without the determination of the opposition, ft flH fS: 74 PJ
reck on ing /‘rekamrj/ noun 1 [u, C] the act of calculating
sth, especially in a way that is not very exact ft if; ft ft; if ft: By my reckoning you still owe me £5. f^ftif ®, ftj&AHc 5 2 [C, usually sing., U] a time
when sb’s actions will be
judged to be right or wrong and they may be punished iiftftfij 0 ;
ft&jflfc: In the final reckoning truth is rewarded, ft || ft ft & ff 0 Bf IS, M^$jAA-ft#?lf o 0 Officials concerned
with environmental policy predict that a day of reckoning will come.
IT»Trci in/into/out of the ‘reckoning (especially BrE) (especially in sport
Aft among/not among
those who are likely to win
or be successful ft (
ft) mmmm
re-claim /ri’kleim/ verb [VN] 1 ~ sth (from sb/sth) to get
sth back or to ask to have it back after it has been lost, taken away, etc. ®.0; $:0;
HAJJQif: You’ll
have to go to the police station to reclaim your wallet, ft M 3\ W AiA^ft 0 The team reclaimed the
title
from their rivals. jiAPA/AZt^Aft0 73¥, — see also baggage reclaim 2 ~ sth (from sth) to
make land that is naturally too wet or too dry suitable to be built on, farmed,
etc. ftS, fijft , Bjfta ( ) : The site
for the airport will be
reclaimed from the swamp. jA.it iS o reclaimed marshland
fij
ft /S # ft 3 [usually passive] if a piece of land is reclaimed by desert,
forest, etc., it turns back into desert, etc. after being used for farming or
building If ) ; mt; Wmt; 4 ~ sth (from sth)
to obtain materials from waste products so that they can be used again 0ft
( tfnf ftl®f ® ) — see also recycle(I) 5 ~ sb (from sth) to
rescue sb from a bad or criminal way of life ff ; [£ it ;
rec-lam-ation /.rekla'meij'n/ noun [U]: land reclamation ±ftff§ re clas
sify /.rii
klaesifai/ verb (re clas-si-fies,
re-clas-si-fy- ing, re-das-si-fied, re-das-si-fied) [VN] to put sth in a
different class or category # • • • S$r ^
■•• tfrlQ
^: The drug is to be reclassified after trials showed
it to be more harmful than previously thought. jA#
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