accept
柯林斯词典
1. V-T/V-I If you accept something that you have been offered, you say yes to it or agree to take it. 接受
Eventually Esteban persuaded her to accept an offer of marriage. 最终埃斯特班说服她接受了求婚。
All those invited to next week's peace conference have accepted. 所有应邀参加下周和平会议的人都已接受了邀请。
2. V-T If you accept an idea, statement, or fact, you believe that it is true or valid. 相信
I do not accept that there is any kind of crisis in American science. 我不相信美国科学有任何危机。
I don't think they would accept that view. 我不认为他们会相信那个观点。
3. V-T If you accept a plan or an intended action, you agree to it and allow it to happen. 接受
The Council will meet to decide if it should accept his resignation. 委员会将开会来决定是否应该接受他的辞呈。
4. V-T If you accept an unpleasant fact or situation, you get used to it or recognize that it is necessary or cannot be changed. 容忍
People will accept suffering that can be shown to lead to a greater good. 人们将会容忍能被证明会带来更大利益的苦难。
Urban dwellers often accept noise as part of city life. 城市居民常常将噪音作为城市生活的一部分来容忍。
5. V-T If a person, company, or organization accepts something such as a document, they recognize that it is genuine, correct, or satisfactory and agree to consider it or handle it. 接受
We took the unusual step of contacting newspapers to advise them not to accept the advertising. 我们采取了联系各家报社的非常规做法来劝阻他们不要承接这则广告。
6. V-T If an organization or person accepts you, you are allowed to join the organization or use the services that are offered. 接纳
All-male groups will not be accepted. 全男性的组合不会被接纳。
7. V-T If a person or a group of people accepts you, they begin to be friendly toward you and are happy with who you are or what you do. 接纳
As far as my grandparents were concerned, they've never had a problem accepting me. 至于我的祖父母,接纳我对他们来说从来就不是问题。
Many men still have difficulty accepting a woman as a business partner. 很多男性依然难以接受女性作为自己的生意伙伴。
8. V-T If you accept the responsibility or blame for something, you recognize that you are responsible for it. 承担 (责任等)
The company cannot accept responsibility for loss or damage. 该公司不能承担遗失或损坏的责任。
9. V-T If you accept someone's advice or suggestion, you agree to do what they say. 接受
The army refused to accept orders from the political leadership. 军队拒绝接受政界领导的命令。
10. V-T If a machine accepts a particular kind of thing, it is designed to take it and deal with it or process it. 接受
The new parking meters don't accept dollar bills. 这种新型停车计时器不接受美元纸钞。
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accept /əkˈsɛpt/ (accepting,accepted,accepts)
剑桥词典
- After a lot of careful thought , she decided to accept their offer .
- She is too proud to accept any help .
- Do you think the seller will accept £196, 000 for the house ?
- I don't usually accept lifts from strange men.
- A lot of shops won't accept cheques unless you have a cheque card with you.
- It is difficult for many people to accept a literal interpretation of the Bible .
- The committee decided with one voice to accept the proposal .
- While I accept that he's not perfect in many ways , I do actually quite like the man.
- He was a very stubborn man who refused to accept defeat .
- We must accept the results of a democratic election .
- She can't accept she made a mistake and now she's trying to lay the blame on her assistant .
- Rationally, he knows that she won't ever go back to him, but emotionally he can't accept it.
- She refused to accept that she was wrong and stalked furiously out of the room .
- I had to accept that the relationship had run its course .
- It was a terrible struggle for him to accept her death . 返回 accept
accept verb (TAKE)
[ 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ]to agree to take something
接受;收受;领受
Do you accept credit cards ? 你们接受信用卡支付吗?
She was in Mumbai to accept an award for her latest novel . 她赴孟买领取最新一部小说所获奖项。
I offered her an apology , but she wouldn't accept it. 我向她道歉,但是她不接受。
I accept full responsibility for the failure of the plan . 我承担这项计划失败的全部责任。
The new coffee machines will accept coins of any denomination . 新型咖啡机接受任何面值的硬币。
[ 不及物动词:后面不接宾语的动词 or 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ]
to say yes to an offer or invitation
接受(提议或邀请);同意
We've offered her the job , but I don't know whether she'll accept it. 我们把这份工作给了她,但是我不知道她会不会接受。
I've just accepted an invitation to the opening-night party . 我刚刚接受了参加首映晚会的邀请。
I've been invited to their wedding but I haven't decided whether to accept. 他们邀请我参加婚礼,但是我还没有决定去不去。
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accept verb (APPROVE)
[ 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ]to consider something or someone as satisfactory
(对…满意而)接受,接纳;欢迎
The manuscript was accepted for publication last week . 手稿于上周获得认可,准备出版。
She was accepted as a full member of the society . 她被接纳为该协会的正式成员。
His fellow workers refused to accept him (= to include him as one of their group ). 他的同事不把他当作自己人。
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accept verb (BELIEVE)
[ 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ]to believe that something is true
相信;(认为真实而)接受
The police refused to accept her version of the story . 警方不相信她的说法。
He still hasn't accepted the situation (= realized that he cannot change it). 他仍无法接受现实。
[ 词或词组后面接一个that从句 ] I can't accept that there's nothing we can do. 我不相信我们无能为力了。
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