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BNC: 488 COCA: 766

accept

Word family 
ac·cept /əkˈsept/ ●●● S1 W1 verb  
1  gift/offer/invitation 礼物/提议/邀请 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to take something that someone offers you, or to agree to do something that someone asks you to do 接受；同意做〔某事〕 OPP refuse
 Rick accepted her offer of coffee.
她请里克喝咖啡，他接受了。
 He accepted the invitation to stay with us.
他接受了邀请来我们家住。
 His school reports said that he is always ready to accept a challenge (=agree to do something difficult).
他的学业报告上说他乐于接受挑战。
 Please accept this small gift.
请收下这份小小的礼物。
 They offered me a job and I accepted.
他们给我一份工作，我接受了。
accept something from somebody
 He accepted a glass of water from Helen.
他接过海伦递来的一杯水。
 He readily accepted her invitation (=accepted it quickly).
他欣然接受了她的邀请。
 Register
In everyday English, when talking about accepting a job, accepting responsibility or blame, or accepting a method of payment, people usually use take: 在日常英语中，表示接受工作、承担责任或接受某种付款方式时，人们一般用take
They offered me the job and I accepted. → They offered me the job and I took it. 他们给我这份工作，我接受了。
When talking about accepting an offer, people often say take someone up on their offer: 表示接受提议时，人们常说take someone up on their offer
He decided to take her up on her offer.
他决定接受她的提议。
2  situation/problem etc 情况/问题等 [transitiveT] to decide that there is nothing you can do to change a difficult and unpleasant situation or fact and continue with your normal life 忍受，容忍
 He’s not going to change, and you just have to accept it.
他不会改变的，你只能忍。
5 You need to accept the fact that most of your problems are caused by jealousy.
你要承认这个事实 — 你的问题多数是由嫉妒引起的。
accept that
 We have to accept that this is not an ideal world.
我们必须接受现实，这不是个理想的世界。
n He can't accept the fact that his problems are his own fault.
3  think SB/STH is good enough 认为某人/某物够好 [transitiveT] to decide that someone has the necessary skill or intelligence for a particular job, course etc or that a piece of work is good enough 〔认为符合要求而〕接受 OPP reject
 Students accepted by Stanford Law School had very high scores on the LSAT.
斯坦福法学院录取的学生LSAT（法学院入学考试）的成绩非常高。
accept somebody/something as something
 They have accepted him as the representative of the company.
他们接受他为公司代表。
accept somebody/something for something
 Random House accepted the book for publication.
蓝登书屋同意出版这本书。
4  become part of a group 成为团体的一部分 [transitiveT] to allow someone to become part of a group, society, or organization, and to treat them in the same way as the other members 接纳 OPP reject
accept somebody as something
 The children gradually began to accept her as one of the family.
孩子们逐渐接纳她为家庭中的一员。
accept somebody into something
 It often takes years for immigrants to be accepted into the host community.
移民经常需要几年的时间才会被当地社区所接纳。
5  agree to take/deal with STH 同意接受/处理 [transitiveT]FORGIVE to agree to take or deal with something that someone gives you, or to say that it is suitable or good enough 同意；〔认为合适或足够好而〕接受
 The government has accepted the resignation of a senior army commander.
政府已批准一位陆军高级指挥官的辞呈。
 Please accept my sincere apologies.
请接受我诚挚的歉意。
 Sorry, we don’t accept traveller’s cheques.
对不起，我们不收旅行支票。
6  suggestion/advice 建议/忠告 [transitiveT] to decide to do what someone suggests or advises you should do 采纳，接受
7  believe an explanation/statement 相信解释/陈述 [transitiveT] to agree that what someone says is right or true 相信〔某人的话〕 OPP reject
8  accept responsibility/blame for something RESPONSIBLEto admit that you were responsible for something bad that happened 承担某事的责任
Examples from the Corpus
accept responsibility/blame for something• People in a position of influence could accept responsibility for implementing the results.• Governors need to inform themselves thoroughly about the current state of the school building before they accept responsibility for it.• May we learn to accept responsibility for our own actions and inactions and for our mistakes as well as for our success.• If people are to accept responsibility for outcomes, they will insist upon being substantively included in the decision process.• All you can do in such cases is accept responsibility for the emotions you feel when you are around such people.• You have to accept responsibility for the fruits of your actions, in the scientific field as elsewhere.• One central committee member, Ognjen Krstulovic, resigned because he could not accept responsibility for the implementation of the policy.• These must be obtained personally and we can not accept responsibility for them.
n COLLOCATIONS
nouns
accept an offer
In the end I had to accept his offer of £4,500.
accept an invitation
Are you going to accept their invitation to the wedding?
accept help
Don’t be afraid to accept help if you need it.
accept aid
Egypt gratefully accepted American economic aid.
accept assistance
They were ready to accept French military assistance.
accept a challenge
To protect the environment we must accept some difficult challenges.
accept an award
Miller accepted the award for best comedy show.
accept an opportunity
I wish that I’d accepted the opportunity to retire when it was offered.
accept a gift/present
Accepting presents from him made her feel uncomfortable.
accept a job
She was desperate for money so she accepted the job.
accept a lift British EnglishBrE, accept a ride American English
I had been taught not to accept lifts from strangers.
accept a bribe
The president’s family and friends accepted massive bribes in exchange for official favours.
adverbs
gladly/willingly/readily accept
She invited him for a drink and he gladly accepted.
gratefully accept
He gratefully accepted Athena’s help.
graciously accept
She accepted her gift graciously.
n GRAMMAR: Comparison
accept
You accept something:
She decided to accept the offer.
I accepted his invitation to have dinner with him.
✗Don’t say: I accepted to have dinner with him.
agree
You agree to something:
Her parents would never agree to the marriage.
✗Don’t say: Her parents would never agree the marriage.
You agree to do something:
I agreed to have dinner with him.
Examples from the Corpus
accept• But wordings which did not take the shape of a request also soon came to be accepted.• The end user must have an Internet browser capable of accepting and playing the applet.• The office does not accept applications from non-residents.• Owens refused to accept Bisonga's explanation.• Norton is in prison for accepting bribes.• The idea of a common defence force has been accepted by some EU governments.• With subtle flattery she had gradually been accepted by the housekeeper.• She succeeded in persuading the jury to accept her version of the events.• One day, not long before he died, he accepted it.• Divorce is hard on children, but they have to accept it.• Going to a new school is hard, but you have to try and accept it.• If they offered you a place on the course, would you accept it?• My parents have always accepted me just as I am.• Yet they have helped persuade a suspicious population to accept Mr Salinas's much-needed reforms.• The child's solicitor must serve and accept service of documents on the child's behalf where there is no guardian.• The judge accepted that Carter did not mean to harm anyone.• She'll never accept that her husband has been unfaithful.• Steptoe finally accepted that his son didn't want to continue working in the family business.• In the US, people have come to accept that they will probably have several different jobs over the course of their career.• It was difficult for Paul to accept the fact that he was going bald.• I finally accepted the fact that I would die if I didn't stop smoking.• People are beginning to accept the idea that higher taxes may be necessary.• Alice accepted the job of sales manager.• I decided to accept the job.• After a three week strike, the company has finally accepted the workers' pay demands.• Do you accept travelers' checks here?
accepted ... offer• For reasons which had seemed wise at the time, the Bar had not accepted that offer at that stage.• Shortly after I accepted Bantam's offer, I got pneumonia.• He accepted the offer of a lift.• The successful applicants accepted these offers of split contracts, though without massive enthusiasm.• Mrs Chapman accepted my offer the following morning.• It was not until two years later, however, that Clark accepted Chapman's offer to join the team.• Not the greatest of air travellers, the policeman had accepted Duncan's offer to sit up front in the cockpit.
accept that• I for my part have some difficulty in accepting that.• Part of her refused to accept that, after all, she couldn't have what she wanted.• And only when he got it did he accept that his day had arrived.• You refuse to accept that I knew nothing about the drugs.• He accepted that legalisation would not necessarily greatly increase addiction to hard drugs such as cocaine and heroin.• Once she accepted that, she had felt less raw for a time.• Mrs Harker accepts that some reduction in staff may be necessary but hopes voluntary tutors will help out.• The jury accepted that the DNA evidence was flawed.
accept somebody/something for something• Hsiu's article was accepted for publication in "Science" magazine.
accepted ... resignation• As Prime Minister he accepted the resignation of his Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1958 rather than agree to modest public expenditure cuts.• Finally, on June 29, Pérez accepted the resignations of six Cabinet ministers and five more junior government members.
From Longman Business Dictionary
acceptac·cept /əkˈsept/ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]
1to take or agree to take something that has been offered
The steel workers have accepted a 3% wage offer.
accept something from somebody
Doctors should not accept expensive gifts from pharmaceutical companies.
2to agree to a plan, idea, agreement etc
The US is ready to accept the deal.
3to agree to take goods that have been ordered
The company has shipped three supercomputers, but only two have been accepted.
4MARKETING when people accept a new product, they like it and are willing to buy it
The machine is too highly priced to be accepted by the mass of US consumers.
5accept cash/dollars/cheques/credit cards etc to allow customers to pay using these forms of payment
Do you accept Visa?
6accept a bill of exchangeBANKING to agree to pay a BILL OF EXCHANGE
7accept a riskINSURANCE to officially agree to insure something
The insurance company reserves the right to make medical checks prior to accepting a risk on health insurance.
Origin accept
(1300-1400) French accepter, from Latin acceptare, from accipere “to receive”, from ad- “to” + capere “to take”
ac·cept verb →n GRAMMAR1 →n GRAMMAR2
→REGISTER1 →n COLLOCATIONS1
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BNC: 488 COCA: 766
accept

verb¹

 1take/receive接受；領受ADVERB | VERB + ACCEPT | PREPOSITION ADVERB➤eagerly, gladly, graciously, gratefully, willingly急切地／高興地／優雅地／充滿感激地／心甘情願地接受◇She graciously accepted my apology.她很有風度地接受了我的道歉。➤reluctantly不情願地接受VERB + ACCEPT➤be glad to, be happy to很高興／樂於接受▸➤be reluctant to, be unwilling to勉強／不願意接受▸➤be unable to不能接受◇I am unfortunately unable to accept your kind invitation.很遺憾，我不能接受您的盛情邀請。PREPOSITION➤from從⋯接受◇She accepted a bribe from an undercover policeman.她接受了一名秘密警察的賄賂。
accept

verb²

 2agree/admit同意；承認ADVERB | VERB + ACCEPT | PHRASES ADVERB➤happily, readily樂於承認；欣然同意◇Some people readily accept that they may have to pay for medical treatment.一些人欣然同意自己承擔醫療費用。➤fully完全贊同▸➤blindly, uncritically, unquestioningly盲目贊同；不加批評地贊同；毫無異議地同意▸➤grudgingly勉強同意VERB + ACCEPT➤be happy to, be prepared to, be ready to, be willing to樂於承認；欣然同意▸➤be reluctant to, be unwilling to勉強同意；不願意承認▸➤be unable to, refuse to不能贊同；拒絕承認▸➤can, will能同意；會贊同▸➤cannot, will not不能／不會同意◇The college cannot accept responsibility for items lost or stolen on its premises.對在校園內丟失或被盜的物品，學院概不負責。➤be forced to, have to被迫／不得不同意▸➤learn to學會同意PHRASES➤be commonly accepted, be generally accepted, be universally accepted, be widely accepted普遍認為；為公眾所認可；得到廣泛贊同◇It is generally accepted that people are motivated by success.人們普遍認為成功催人奮進。➤accept sth at face value認為某事物真如其顯示的那樣◇These figures should not be accepted at face value.不應該對這些數字信以為真。➤have no choice but to accept別無選擇，只能接受◇I had no choice but to accept the committee's decision.我別無選擇，只能接受委員會的決定。
BNC: 488 COCA: 766
accept verb
⇨ accept (accept the fact that…) ⇨ agree 2 (accept a decision) ⇨ get 2 (accept a cheque) ⇨ greet (accept sb into your community) ⇨ let sb in (accepted into the club) ⇨ take 5 (accept an offer) ⇨ take 7 (accept responsibility) accept

verb

accept ♦︎ face ♦︎ come to terms with sth ♦︎ live with sth ♦︎ face up to sth ♦︎ make the best of sth ♦︎ resign yourself to sth ♦︎ reconcileThese words all mean to recognize that a difficult situation exists and cannot be changed, and that you must continue or deal with it. 这些词均表示困境无法改变时只得将就、面对或容忍。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to accept / face / come to terms with / live with / face up to / resign yourself to / reconcile yourself to the fact that...◆to accept / face / come to terms with / make the best of a situation◆to accept / face / come to terms with / face up to the truth / the reality of sth◆to accept / face / come to terms with / live with the consequences◆to accept / face / face up to the facts / your responsibilities◆finally accept / face / come to terms with / resign yourself to sth■ accept [transitive] to be willing to continue in a difficult situation without complaining, because you realize that it cannot be changed 接受；容忍，忍受（困境）◆They accept the risks as part of the job.他们甘冒风险，视之为工作的一部分。◆He refused to accept that his father was no longer there.他拒不相信父亲已经不在了。◆Most people had come to accept that war was inevitable.大部分人渐渐认识到这场战争已不可避免。■ face [transitive] to accept that a difficult or unpleasant situation exists, although you would prefer not to 承认，正视（现实）◆She had to face the fact that her life had changed forever.她得正视现实，她的生活已经永远改变了。◆Face facts－she isn't coming back.面对现实吧－她不会回来了。◆Let's face it, we're not going to win.必须承认，我们赢不了啦。■ come to ˈterms with sth

idiom

(came, come)to accept sth unpleasant by learning to deal with it 迁就；适应◆She is still coming to terms with her son's death.她还没有从儿子死去的阴影中走出来。■ ˈlive with sth

phrasal verb

to accept sth unpleasant and continue without complaining 容忍；忍受◆You get used to jet lag in the sense that you learn to live with it.学会适应时差反应，也就习以为常了。■ ˌface ˈup to sth

phrasal verb

to accept and deal with sth difficult or unpleasant, especially after ignoring it 敢于面对，勇于正视（困难或不快之事）◆You have to face up to your responsibilities.你要敢于面对责任。■ make the best of sth

idiom

(made, made) (rather informal) to accept a bad situation and do as well as you can 尽力而为◆She was a pragmatic woman who always made the best of things.她很务实，总是尽力而为。◆Conditions were harsh, but we made the best of it.条件很艰苦，但是我们尽了力。■ reˈsign yourself to sth

phrasal verb

to accept sth unpleasant that cannot be changed or avoided 听任；顺从◆She resigned herself to her fate.她听天由命。◆We have to resign ourselves to making a loss on the sale.我们只好接受销售上的亏损。   see also resignation ⇨ patience ▸ resigned

adjective

◆He was resigned to never seeing his birthplace again.他认命了，甘愿永不再去他的出生地。■ reconcile ˈrekənsaɪl [transitive] (rather formal) to make sb/yourself accept an unpleasant situation that cannot be changed 将就；妥协◆He could not reconcile himself to the prospect of losing her.一想到有可能失去她，他就觉得难以忍受。
BNC: 488 COCA: 766

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