汉译英常见错误 | 他生日时收到了很多礼物,但他没有接受

[译] 他生日时收到了很多礼物,但他没有接受。
[误] He accepted a lot of gifts on his birthday, but he didn’t receive them.

[正] He received a lot of gifts on his birthday, but he didn’t accept them.
[注] receive 表示客观事实,某人收到了什么东西;accept 则强调主观意愿,某人是否乐意接受。