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accept ความหมายคือ ac·cept /əkˈsept/ ❶ vt. 1. 接受;领受;收受 accept an invitation 接受邀请 They accepted lower wages than the native workers. 他们接受比本地工人低的工资。I accept your gift gratefully. 我很感激地收下你的礼物。 2. 承认;认可;同意,答应 People accept him as a genius. 人们承认他是天才。Government accepted the whole affair to be an unfortunate accident. 政府承认这整个事件是一桩不幸的意外。Several countries accept that they will need to maintain a powerful collective defence. 好几个国家一致同意他们将需要保持强大的集体防御力量。He is not accepting unscheduled appointments. 他不接受未经预先安排的约会。accept being (或 to be) in the show 同意参加演出 3. 相信,(认为正确而加以)接受 We have never accepted the belief that synthetics are superior to natural rubber. 我们从来不相信合成橡胶比天然橡胶好。Don't accept everything you see on TV as true. 别以为在电视上看到的东西都是真实的。Einstein's theory of relativity is now generally accepted. 爱因斯坦的相对论现在被普遍接受了。 4. 赞同,赞成 They accepted the idea. 他们赞成这个想法 5. 承担;担任(职位) He accepted a position as treasurer. 他担任了司库的职位。 6. 〔商〕承兑 an accepted bill 承兑汇票 accept a bill of exchange 承兑一张汇票 7. (通过一定程序)采纳(报告等) Congress accepted the committee's report. 国会采纳了委员会的报告。accept an unsolicited manuscript 接受一篇非预约的稿子 8. 接纳(会员等) Has he been accepted at Cambridge University? 他被剑桥大学录取了吗? Some have been accepted into the Communist Party. 有几个人已被吸收加入共产党。 9. 吸收 a surface that will not accept ink 不吸墨的表面 10. (不加反抗地)忍受,容忍 accept poor living conditions 忍受恶劣的生活条件 The player knows how to accept an occasional stray elbow in the face under the basket. 这位球员知道该如何在篮下承受偶尔打中脸部的肘击侵犯。 11. 领会;理解 How is this phrase to be accepted? 这一短语怎样解释? 12. 容纳,容入 This socket won't accept a three-pronged plug. 这个插座不能插入三脚插头。 13. 〔医〕接受…进入身体而无排异反应 accept a skin graft 接受皮移植片 14. 〔律〕受理 ❷ vi. 接受;同意 (of) [ < L acceptāre < accipere to receive < AD- + capere to take]