The reception given to "plebes" upon reporting is often very much more severe than that given me. Even members of my own class can testify to this. This reception has, however, I think, been best described in an anonymous work, where it is thus set forth:英文原著 · 《Henry Ossian Flipper》
HIS RECEPTION UPON HIS RETURN HOME--EAGERNESS TO SHAKE THE HAND OF THE "BAD MAN WID DE GUB'MENT STROPS ON!"--A SOCIAL RECEPTION ON MONDAY NIGHT.英文原著 · 《Henry Ossian Flipper》
"I knew you the moment you appeared at the reception this afternoon." She looked surprised, and said: "But I was not at the reception. I have just arrived from Quebec, and have not been in town an hour."英文原著 · 《How Tell a Story and Others》
It was my turn to be surprised now. I said: "I can't help it. I give you my word of honor that it is as I say. I saw you at the reception, and you were dressed precisely as you are now. When they told me a moment ago that I should find a friend in this room, your image rose before me, dress and all, just as I had seen you at the reception."英文原著 · 《How Tell a Story and Others》
At 3 o'clock the bridal party left the reception room, and retired to their private parlor, when the company soon after dispersed. Upon leaving the hotel the guests were supplied with wedding cake, over two thousand boxes being thus distributed. In a parlor adjoining that used for the reception were exhibited the bridal presents.英文原著 · 《Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum》
At the beginning of August, a special meeting of the South African Native Congress was called at Bloemfontein, first to express its disappointment at the cold reception given to the native deputation by the Imperial Government; and secondly, to express its thanks to the British public for the kind reception given to the deputation; and thirdly, to devise ways and means for the deputation to tour the United Kingdom on a mission, revealing to the British people the manner in which the Colonial Government discharges its trust to the coloured people.英文原著 · 《Native Life in South Africa》
And now I have to go rip that receptionist a new ass-- Louis, if one of your first acts as name partner is to rip the receptionist to shreds, you'll regret that for the rest of your life.美剧 · 《Suits》
Okay, what if we just send Martha an email, so we're not just standing in her office, Begging some receptionist?美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》
A lot of physical force goes into pulling a shot of espresso, and sometimes the torque of said pull, leads to a follow-through arc where one's hand could accidentally graze the outer contours of a receptionist's mammary.美剧 · 《Billions》