To receive / to suffer (受到 / 遭到 / 遭受 — quasi-passives)

Structure Subject + 受到/遭到/遭受 + abstract noun

受到, 遭到 and 遭受 are quasi-passive verbs: the subject "receives" or "undergoes" something, with no need for 被. They take an ABSTRACT object: 受到好评 = "to receive praise"; 遭到反对 = "to meet with opposition"; 遭受损失 = "to suffer losses". Emotional charge sets them apart: 受到 (shòudào) is NEUTRAL and works for good or bad (受到欢迎/批评/影响); 遭到 (zāodào) and 遭受 (zāoshòu) are always NEGATIVE. Of these two, 遭到 takes a punctual act and usually pairs with action nouns (遭到拒绝/破坏/袭击), whereas 遭受 takes a process or harm endured over time (遭受损失/灾害/痛苦). Written and journalistic register.

Examples

这zhè部bù作zuò品pǐn一yī上shàng市shì就jiù受shòu到dào读dú者zhě的de好hǎo评píng。
As soon as it was released, the work received praise from readers.
这zhè项xiàng提tí案àn遭zāo到dào多duō数shù代dài表biǎo的de反fǎn对duì。
The proposal met with opposition from most of the delegates.
这zhè场chǎng洪hóng水shuǐ使shǐ当dāng地dì农nóng业yè遭zāo受shòu巨jù大dà损sǔn失shī。
The flood caused huge losses to local agriculture.
边biān境jìng地dì区qū屡lǚ次cì遭zāo受shòu自zì然rán灾zāi害hài。
The border regions repeatedly suffer natural disasters.

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