receptive language

基本解释

Reading is a receptive language process and is often the chief goal of language learners.
閲讀是語言接受的過程，也是語言學習者的主要任務。
The ability to understand what is heard (receptive language) is still growing faster than speech (expressive language).
孩子聽力（接受性語言能力）的發展要比話語能力（表達性語言能力）快一些。
Poor receptive language, simple expressive language, unable to ask questions and slow development of language reported by parents were negatively associated with grammatical development.
小兒的語言理解差、語言表達簡單、不會主動提問和語言發展慢與結搆表達量呈負相關。

There's other disorders of language such as receptive aphasia where the person could speak very fluently but the words don't make any sense and they can't understand anybody else.
還有其他的語言障礙,諸如,接收性失語症,患有這種病的病人,語言流暢,但所講話語沒有任何意義,而他們也無法理解別人的話語
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