accept
/əkˈsept/- 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, 然后看会发生什么情况
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。