英语词汇“accede”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINaccede

Origin:

1400-1500 Latin accedere, from ad- ‘to’ + cedere ‘to go’

VERB TABLE

accede

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	accede
	he, she, it	accedes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	acceded
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have acceded
	he, she, it	has acceded
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had acceded
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will accede
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have acceded

Continuous Form
Present	I	am acceding
	he, she, it	is acceding
	you, we, they	are acceding
Past	I, he, she, it	was acceding
	you, we, they	were acceding
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been acceding
	he, she, it	has been acceding
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been acceding
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be acceding
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been acceding

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

For example, a third party may claim the right to accede to a treaty in accordance with its terms.
He would have been reluctant to accede if she had.
I have no reason for acceding to your request for a second opinion.
If they did, they would think twice before acceding to such inclinations.
Managers have agreed to 860 posts being created to cover computerisation but they have not acceded to further staffing demands.
Most people would accede to his wishes just to get him out of their face.
The trades council acceded, and left him with a clear run.
To accede to his arguments would require an unacceptable degree of judicial creativity.

Longman Language Activatorto accept something after first refusing or opposing it► accept

to accept someone's suggestion, offer, or demand, after refusing it for some time: finally accept something: · After a three week strike, the company has finally accepted the workers' pay demands.· The owners finally accepted our offer of £62,000.(finally) have to accept something: · The President finally had to accept that there was little support for his health care initiatives.

► give in

to unwillingly agree to accept someone's demands after they have argued with you, asked you repeatedly, or threatened you: · Jenny kept begging me for a new bicycle, and I finally gave in.give in to: · The President said he would never give in to demands by terrorists.· You shouldn't always give in to other people -- stick up for yourself more.

► back down

to agree to stop saying that you are right or that other people obey you: · Even though it was obvious Emma's demands were unrealistic, she wouldn't back down.back down on: · Congress has backed down on its demand for an increase in defense spending.

► bow to

: bow to somebody's wishes/opinions/demands/pressure etc to agree to do something because many people want you to, even though you do not want to do it: · The government finally bowed to public opinion and abolished the unpopular tax.· McDonald's finally bowed to consumer pressure and announced that it would no longer use styrofoam boxes to package its hamburgers.

► accede to

: accede to somebody's demands/request/wishes formal to accept someone's demands etc: · The Democrats have finally acceded to Republican demands to cut taxes.· Meyer acceded to the President's request that he continue as education secretary until a replacement could be found.

► cave in

to finally accept what someone has suggested or to finally agree to something that they want - use this when you think someone should not accept something and are being weak if they do: · Strike leaders are privately saying they would like an end to the dispute, but don't want to be seen to be caving in.cave in to: · It's unlikely that the government will cave in to the rebels' demands.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► demand

· The prison authorities refuse to accede to their demands and have issued 176 dismissal notices.· Inclan and the people of Puebla remained loyal to Herrera and to constitutional order and refused to accede to his demands.· Managers have agreed to 860 posts being created to cover computerisation but they have not acceded to further staffing demands.

► request

· I have no reason for acceding to your request for a second opinion.· Partnerships will do well not to accede to requests for financial support for the bread and butter resources of schools.