| 释义 |
accept /ək-septˈ/ transitive verb (old or formal, intransitive verb with of)- To take (something offered)
- To receive (with approval, favour, consent, resignation or passivity)
- To reply to, suggesting agreement or compliance
- To reply to in the affirmative, say yes to
- To view favourably or to tolerate
- To promise to pay (a bill of exchange)
- To understand, take on board
ORIGIN: L acceptāre, from accipere, acceptum, from ad to, and capere to take acceptˈable adjective - Worth accepting
- Welcome, pleasing
- Capable of being accepted, tolerable
- Satisfactory, adequate
acceptabilˈity noun acceptˈableness noun acceptˈably adverb acceptˈance noun - Accepting
- Favourable reception
- Favour
- Acceptableness
- An agreeing to terms
- An agreement to enter into a contract
- Agreement to pay a bill of exchange, usu by signing it
- An accepted bill
- Acceptation
acceptˈancy noun acceptˈant noun Someone who accepts adjective Ready to receive acceptāˈtion noun - A kind reception
- The sense in which a word, etc, is understood
acceptˈed adjective - Customary or usual
- Generally approved or agreed
- Established
acceptˈedly adverb acceptˈer noun acceptˈive adjective Ready to receive acceptivˈity noun acceptˈor noun - Someone who accepts something, esp a bill of exchange
- Any molecule or ion that accepts electrons from a donor
- An impurity in semiconductor material which increases the conductivity of the material by attracting electrons
- A horse which has its entry for a race confirmed
accepting house noun A financial institution, such as a merchant bank, which accepts bills of exchange |