| 单词 | accept |
| 释义 | accept (once / 38 pages) 1v 2v 3v Please accept ("favorably receive") our apologies, but you're just going to have to accept ("put up with") the fact that this verb has almost a dozen different meanings. You might accept ("take") bribes from people who dislike multiple meanings, or they might challenge you to a duel, which you might accept ("consent to"). When historians record your story, you might accept ("officially receive") their books and accept ("hold as true") the most flattering one. When you apply to cool-people clubs, they'll accept ("admit") you, and when you go broke, they'll accept ("take on") your debt, until the day your coffin accepts ("takes") your weary accepting bones. WORD FAMILYaccept: acceptable, acceptance, acceptant, acceptation, accepted, accepting, acceptive, accepts+/acceptability: acceptabilities/acceptable: acceptability, acceptableness, acceptablest, acceptably, unacceptable, unacceptably/acceptance: acceptances, nonacceptance/acceptation: acceptations/accepted: acceptedly, unaccepted/accepting: acceptingly/unacceptable: unacceptability, unacceptableness USAGE EXAMPLES“I would be a horrible person if I didn’t accept it,” she says. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Singer Rebecca Ferguson says she will accept Donald Trump’s invitation to sing at his inauguration under one condition: she wants to sing “Strange Fruit.” Time(Jan 02, 2017) Will we simply accept the scaling back of programs, both academic and athletic, at our magnificent University of Alaska? Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v receive willingly something given or offered Please accept my present Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper have, take have, receive get something; come into possession of decline, pass up, refuse, reject, turn down refuse to accept disdain, freeze off, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, spurn, turn downreject with contempt admit, take, take on admit into a group or community welcomeaccept gladly honor, honouraccept as pay adopt, borrow, take over, take uptake up and practice as one's own professreceive into a religious order or congregation acquire, get come into the possession of something concrete or abstract 2v receive (a report) officially, as from a committee Hyper have, receive get something; come into possession of 3v admit into a group or community 2accept students for graduate study Syn|Hypo|Hyper admit, take, take on admit, include, let in allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of profess receive into a religious order or congregation have, take receive willingly something given or offered 1v consider or hold as true I cannot accept the dogma of this church accept an argument Ant|Hypo|Hyper reject refuse to accept or acknowledge acknowledge, know, recognise, recognize accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority adopt, embrace, espouse, sweep uptake up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own believeaccept as true; take to be true receiveaccept as true or valid approbateaccept (documents) as valid reconcile, resign, submitaccept as inevitable acknowledgeaccept as legally binding and valid take a bowacknowledge praise or accept credit abide by, honor, honour, observe, respectshow respect towards infer, understandbelieve to be the case swallowbelieve or accept without questioning or challenge fasten on, hook on, latch on, seize on, take upadopt buyaccept as true believefollow a credo; have a faith; be a believer bank, rely, swear, trusthave confidence or faith in believe inhave a firm conviction as to the goodness of something celebrate, lionise, lionizeassign great social importance to toleraterecognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others) evaluate, judge, pass judgment form a critical opinion of 2v react favorably to; consider right and proper People did not accept atonal music at that time We accept the idea of universal health care Hyper react, respond show a response or a reaction to something 3v tolerate or accommodate oneself to I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions Syn|Hyper live with, swallow abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate put up with something or somebody unpleasant 4v give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to I cannot accept your invitation Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper consent, go for decline, refuse show unwillingness towards give consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man agreeconsent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something settleaccept despite lack of complete satisfaction contract inconsent in writing to pay money to a trade union for political use allow, countenance, let, permitconsent to, give permission buckle under, give in, knuckle under, succumb, yieldconsent reluctantly take in charge, undertakeaccept as a charge abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerateput up with something or somebody unpleasant furloughgrant a leave to giveallow to have or take plea-bargainagree to plead guilty in return for a lesser charge bargaincome to terms; arrive at an agreement allow, permit, tolerateallow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting authorise, authorize, clear, passgrant authorization or clearance for accede, acquiesce, assentto agree or express agreement accede, bow, defer, give in, submityield to another's wish or opinion admit, include, let inallow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of favor, favour, privilegebestow a privilege upon decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimizemake legal trustallow without fear admit, allow in, intromit, let inallow to enter; grant entry to react, respond show a response or a reaction to something 5v take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person 3I'll accept the charges Syn|Hypo|Hyper assume, bear, take over carry-the can, face the music accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions take take into one's possession 1v be designed to hold or take Syn|Hyper take be have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) 2v make use of or accept for some purpose Syn|Hypo take co-opt take or assume for one's own use 3v be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal The cow accepted the bull Hyper react, respond show a response or a reaction to something |
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