accept
verb uk/əkˈsept/ us/əkˈsept/
(TAKE)
B1 [ T ]接受;收受;领受
to agree to take something
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。
B1 [ I or T ]接受（提议或邀请）;同意
to say yes to an offer or invitation
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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- 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.
- UK A lot of shops won't accept cheques unless you have a cheque card with you.
(APPROVE)
B2 [ T ]（对…满意而）接受，接纳;欢迎
to consider something or someone as satisfactory
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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- 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.
(BELIEVE)
B2 [ T ]相信；（认为真实而）接受
to believe that something is true
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。
[ + that ] 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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- 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.