receive / perceive 易混淆字
receive 是「收到」，perceive 是「察覺到、把…看作」。
106 學測｜綜合測驗
Almost as soon as a child receives shoes to wear, he/she is likely to have grown out of them.
孩子幾乎一拿到鞋子，就可能已經長大穿不下了。（收到鞋子）
- almost as soon as…：「幾乎一…就…」
- be likely to V：「很可能…」
- grow out of…：「長大而穿不下…」
- have grown out of them：完成式，表示到那時已經穿不下
114 學測｜綜合測驗
Motion sickness occurs when the signals your brain receives from your eyes, ears, and body do not match.
當大腦從眼睛、耳朵與身體接收到的訊號互不吻合時，就會發生暈動症。（大腦收到訊號）
- the signals (that) your brain receives…：省略關係代名詞 that
- match：「吻合」
104 學測｜綜合測驗
However, the peacock receives only scorn from the rest of the world.
然而，世界其他地方對孔雀只有鄙視。（收到（只有）輕蔑）
- the rest of the world：「世界其他地方」
109 學測｜閱讀測驗
RTRI officials explain that deer have a habit of repeatedly snorting short, shrill sounds to alert other deer when they perceive danger.
RTRI 官員解釋，鹿察覺到危險時，有反覆噴出短而尖銳聲音的習慣，用來警告其他鹿。（察覺到危險）
- have a habit of V-ing：「有…的習慣」
- alert：這裡是動詞，「警告」
115 學測｜篇章結構
More importantly, smiling and laughter had long been perceived in the society as manifestations of a lack of self-control and good manners.
更重要的是，微笑和大笑長期以來在社會上被視為缺乏自制力與教養的表現。（被視為）
- perceive：「看待、認為」，比 see 正式
- manifestation：「表現」，manifest 是「顯示出來」
- a lack of…：「缺乏…」
怎麼判斷
- receive 是「收到」，收到東西或訊號。例：I received a letter.（我收到一封信）
- perceive 是「察覺到、看出」，也可以是「視為」，常見 perceive A as B（把 A 視為 B）。
- 拼法：兩個字的結尾都是 -ceive（c 後面是 ei）。
自我檢測
106 學測｜綜合測驗
1. Almost as soon as a child ＿＿＿＿ shoes to wear, he/she is likely to have grown out of them.
115 學測｜篇章結構
2. More importantly, smiling and laughter had long been ＿＿＿＿ in the society as manifestations of a lack of self-control and good manners.
114 學測｜綜合測驗
3. Motion sickness occurs when the signals your brain ＿＿＿＿ from your eyes, ears, and body do not match.