To receive / suffer to the utmost (备受 / 深受 / 饱受 / 广受)

Structure 备受/深受/饱受/广受 + disyllabic object (爱戴 · 争议 · 折磨 · 欢迎)

These four verbs fuse a degree or scope adverb onto 受 (shòu, "to receive, to suffer") and work as literary quasi-passives: the subject is the one on the receiving end. 备受 = "to receive to the fullest" (备 = utterly): 备受争议 "highly controversial", 备受瞩目 "closely watched". 深受 = "to receive deeply": 深受爱戴 "deeply beloved", 深受影响. 饱受 carries a sense of prolonged suffering: 饱受折磨 "to suffer endless torment". 广受 = "to receive widely": 广受欢迎 "widely welcomed". They almost always take a disyllabic abstract object and belong to journalism and the essay; everyday speech would say 很受 (很受欢迎) or a 被 passive.

Examples

这zhè项xiàng改gǎi革gé备bèi受shòu争zhēng议yì，至zhì今jīn没méi有yǒu定dìng论lùn。
This reform is highly controversial, and to this day there is no consensus.
老lǎo先xiān生sheng为wéi人rén正zhèng直zhí，深shēn受shòu同tóng行háng爱ài戴dài。
The old gentleman is upright in character and deeply beloved by his peers.
战zhàn乱luàn年nián代dài，百bǎi姓xìng饱bǎo受shòu流liú离lí之zhī苦kǔ。
In times of war, the common people suffered the pain of displacement to the full.
这zhè款kuǎn产chǎn品pǐn凭píng借jiè质zhì量liàng广guǎng受shòu消xiāo费fèi者zhě欢huān迎yíng。
Thanks to its quality, this product is widely welcomed by consumers.

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