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Both receive and accept are commonly used. Take is more colloquial.

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  • 工作学习 / 外语学习 / 哥哥姐姐,医生接收新病人,英文怎么说?
    • Available for new patients.
      • 谢谢!
    • accept new patients
      • 谢谢!
    • receive new patients
      • 不地道。accept 最好。或者 take。
        • Both receive and accept are commonly used. Take is more colloquial.
          • 嗯,嗯,嗯。
          • never heard of receive. It's actually wrong, IMO.
            • One can’t just say something doesn’t exit only because he has not seen or heard about. New York Times “Currently, 25 to 30 doctors receive patients through”; It is in fact proper English.
              • That's entirely different. Accept is active; receive is passive. Accept is a decision; receive is merely an action. When talking about 医生接收新病人, people mean "accept", not "receive". Compare:
                I used to receive Professor Mickey's PMs, but she stopped sending them now.

                I used to accept Professor Mickey's PMs, but I refuse them now.
                • Your creative definitions are far from the most trusted ones… Which to trust? My choice would not be yours for sure.
                  本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛receive   /rɪˈsiv/ Show Spelled [ri-seev] Show IPA verb,-ceived, -ceiv·ing.
                  –verb (used with object)
                  1.to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.
                  2.to have (something) bestowed, conferred, etc.: to receive an honorary degree.
                  3.to have delivered or brought to one: to receive a letter.
                  4.to get or be informed of: to receive instructions; to receive news.
                  5.to be burdened with; sustain: to receive a heavy load.
                  6.to hold, bear, or contain: The nut receives a bolt and a washer. The plaster receives the impression of the mold.
                  7.to take into the mind; apprehend mentally: to receive an idea.
                  8.to accept from another by hearing or listening: A priest received his confession.
                  9.to meet with; experience: to receive attention.
                  10.to suffer the injury of: He received a terrific blow on the forehead.
                  11.to be at home to (visitors): They received their neighbors on Sunday.
                  12.to greet or welcome (guests, visitors, etc.) upon arriving: They received us at the front door.
                  13.to admit (a person) to a place: The butler received him and asked him to wait in the drawing room.
                  14.to admit into an organization, membership, etc.: to receive someone into the group.
                  15.to accept as authoritative, valid, true, or approved: a principle universally received.
                  16.to react to in the manner specified: to receive a proposal with contempt; She received the job offer with joy.
                  –verb (used without object)
                  17.to receive something.
                  18.to receive visitors or guests.
                  19.Radio. to convert incoming electromagnetic waves into the original signal.
                  20.to receive the Eucharist: He receives every Sunday.

                  ac·cept   /ækˈsɛpt/ Show Spelled[ak-sept] Show IPA
                  –verb (used with object)
                  1.to take or receive (something offered); receive with approval or favor: to accept a present; to accept a proposal.
                  2.to agree or consent to; accede to: to accept a treaty; to accept an apology.
                  3.to respond or answer affirmatively to: to accept an invitation.
                  4.to undertake the responsibility, duties, honors, etc., of: to accept the office of president.
                  5.to receive or admit formally, as to a college or club.
                  6.to accommodate or reconcile oneself to: to accept the situation.
                  7.to regard as true or sound; believe: to accept a claim; to accept Catholicism.
                  8.to regard as normal, suitable, or usual.
                  9.to receive as to meaning; understand.
                  10.Commerce. to acknowledge, by Signature, as calling for payment, and thus to agree to pay, as a draft.
                  11.(in a deliberative body) to receive as an adequate performance of the duty with which an officer or a committee has been charged; receive for further action: The report of the committee was accepted.
                  12.to receive or contain (something attached, inserted, etc.): This socket won't accept a three-pronged plug.
                  13.to receive (a transplanted organ or tissue) without adverse reaction.Compare reject (def. 7).
                  –verb (used without object)
                  14.to accept an invitation, gift, position, etc. (sometimes fol. by of).更多精彩文章及讨论,请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
                  • You work so hard. But you can't change the fact that if you want to know 医生收不收新病人, you ask "do you accept new patients", not "do you receive new patients". It's almost black and white to me.
                    • likewise. You also ask "Do you receive new patients." And it all depends on who use the words and their preferences. Accept and receive have exact the same meaning here and that's something you can never change.
                      • They're not the same no matter what the dictionary says. Go google "receive responsibility" and "accept responsibility", or "receive the truth" and "accept the truth", or "receive the rules" and "accept the rules",
                        or "receive the blame" and "accept the blame", and on and on. If you still think they're the same, I will never argue with you again.
                        • I trust the reputable dictionaries of hundred years much more than Google. In the case of doctors accepting/receiving patients the two words mean exactly the same. No more argument.
                    • Unless your definitions have been officially accepted by the world leading dictionaries you will not able to change the fact that Doctors do accept as well as receive new patients. It’s crystal clear to me.
                      • I trust my sense of language more than dictionary. I've read a lot and I've never seen people use "receive" in this context. I'm surprised you'd argue with me on this thing.
                        • Your sense of the English language can be complete wrong given the fact that it is not your first language and you're not in the country that long. The way native speakers speaking as well as the reputable dictionaries do count more than your
                          sense of the English language regardless you admit or not.
                • 5000 Yonge Dental (416) 224-0677 5000 Yonge St, Suite 107, North York, ON, M2N 7E9, M2N 7E9 " Our office is always happy to receive new patients by referral from our existing ones. "
                  • Our office is always happy to receive new patients by referral from our existing ones;but we're sorry we don't accept new patients without referral.
                    • Two words, same meaning.
                    • This example shows exactly (#6203211@0)
                      • Just google "receive new patients" and "accept new patients". Tell me what you see on the first page. It's so obvious and I don't know why you'd argue so hard.
                        • When you search GOOGLE on Chinese, what do you get? “Eating babies, dogs and snakes”? I do not trust it nor do I like it. It’s just a simple fact that the two words have the same meaning in this context and being used fairly commonly in this case.
                          • 风花雪月你统统都不要,我拿什么博你一笑?
                            • You made your point so did I. We are both satisfied I guess. Continue to enjoy the nice long weekend in the sun, bathing in the beach, walking in the woods or whatever.
      • 谢谢!