receptionist

英 [r?'sep?(?)n?st] 美[r?'s?p??n?st]

CET4TEM4TOEFL低頻詞暢通詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?receptionists;

1、re- "back" + cept- + -ion + -ist.
2、字面含義：take back.

receptionist 接待員

來自 reception,接待，-ist,人。

receptionist (n.): "person hired to receive clients in an office," 1900, from reception + -ist. Originally in photography studios.
Let me not forget the receptionist -- generally and preferably, a woman of refined and gentle manners, well informed and specially gifted in handling people of varied dispositions. A woman especially who knows how to handle other women, and who can make herself beloved by the children who may visit the studio. A woman, also, who in a thoroughly suave and dignified way, knows just how to handle the young man of the period so that the photographer may be glad to have his business. What a power the receptionist is when properly chosen and trained. It is not too much to say that she can both make and destroy a business, if she has the amount of discretionary power given to her in some galleries. [John A. Tennant, "Business Methods Applied in Photography," "Wilson's Photographic Magazine," October 1900]
Earlier as an adjective in theology and law (1867).

3. Ask the receptionist to put your call through to my room.: 讓接待員把你的電話接到我房間.

4. The dentist left his wife of 15 years and openly cohabited with his receptionist.: 那個牙醫(yī)離開了和他生活了15年的妻子，與自己診所的接待小姐公開同居。

5. He had the duty receptionist almost jumping through hoops for him. But to no avail.: 值班的接待員幾乎為他費盡了力氣，但還是沒用。