accept

accept
verb
[with obj.]

consent to receive (a thing offered)
接受；收受
he accepted a pen as a present.
他接受了一支作为礼物的钢笔。
■agree to undertake (an offered position or responsibility)
同意承担（职位，责任）
■give an affirmative answer to (an offer or proposal); say yes to
同意（帮助，提议）；认可
he would accept their offer and see what happened.
他会接受他们的提议然后看会是怎样的情形。
[no obj.]Tim offered Brian a lift home and he accepted.
蒂姆提出开车送布莱恩回家，布莱恩同意了。
■(dated)say yes to a proposal of marriage from (a man)
(旧)答应（男子）的求婚
Reginald was a good match and she ought to accept him.
雷金纳德是个好对象，她应该答应嫁给他。
■receive as adequate, valid, or suitable
（认为恰当、有效或合适而）接受；接纳
the college accepted her as a student.
该学院录取了她。
credit cards are widely accepted.
信用卡被广为接受。
■regard favourably or with approval; welcome
赞许；承认；欢迎
the Irish literati never accepted him as one of them.
爱尔兰文学界从不承认他是他们中的一员。
■agree to meet (a draft or bill of exchange) by signing it
承兑（汇票）
■(of a thing) be designed to allow (something) to be inserted or applied
（被设计成）可插入（或使用）
vending machines that accepted 100-yen coins for cans of beer.
可接受100日元硬币购买听装啤酒的自动售货机。
believe or come to recognize (a proposition) as valid or correct
相信；认为正确
this tentative explanation came to be accepted by the men.
这暂定的解释渐被人们接受。
[with clause]it is accepted that ageing is a continuous process.
人们相信老化是个连续的过程。
[as adj. accepted]he wasn't handsome in the accepted sense.
他不是那种寻常意义上的英俊。
■be prepared to subscribe to (a belief or philosophy)
有接受（信仰，哲学）的心理准备
accept the tenets of the Episcopalian faith.
接受新教圣公会的信条。
■take upon oneself (a responsibility or liability); acknowledge
担当（责任，义务）；承认
Jenkins is willing to accept his responsibility.
詹金斯愿意承担责任。
[with clause]he accepts that he made a mistake.
他承认他犯了个错。
■tolerate or submit to (something unpleasant or undesired)
容忍，忍受；顺从（不愉快或令人失望的事）
they accepted the need to cut overheads.
他们顺应了削减管理费的需要。

派生
accepter
noun
语源

late Middle English : from Latin acceptare, frequentative of accipere 'take something to oneself', from ad- 'to' + capere 'take'

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