accept/ək'sept/

v.

➊ agree to take sth or do sth

➋ decide sth is good enough for publication or sb is good enough for a school, etc.

v.

➊ [T; I] 接受：accept an offer/an invitation/a challenge/sb's apologies 接受聘用/邀请/挑战/某人的道歉

◇[accept sth from sb] She accepted the gift from him. 她收下他送的礼物。

[✌accept sb/sth as sth] The club accepted Tom as a member. 俱乐部接受汤姆为会员。

◇I learned how to accept life as it is from my father. 我从父亲那儿学会了接受现实的生活。

◇[accept (the fact) that ...] She started to accept that she was no longer the best player on the team. 她开始接受她不再是队里最优秀的队员这一事实。

➋ [T] 录用；录取：[accept sb/sth for sth] The press has accepted her book for publication. 出版社接受出版她的书。

◇He has been accepted by Peking University. 他被北京大学录取了。

构词ac (= ad-) + -cept-

同根 accept; concept; except; reception; receptionist

巧记 accept和except易混淆，可通过前缀来区别，前缀ex-意为out，所以except意为“除…外”。

辨析accept; receive