the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
例句
用作名词 (n.)
China is now the world's sixth-largest trading partner and the second-largest recipient of foreign investment after the United States. 中国现在是世界第6大贸易国，仅次于美国的世界第二大外国投资接受国。
The recipients of prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者名单登在报上。
The postman spent almost a whole day looking for the recipient of the letter. 邮递员几乎花了整整一天时间寻找该信的收信人。
常见句型
用作名词 (n.)
The recipients of the prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者的姓名登在报上。
One of the recipients of the prizes was dead. 获奖者中有一人已过世。
经典引文
Abrams had..been the recipient of..Presidential largesse.
美
[rɪ'sɪpiənt]
