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词组 accept
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accept /əkˈsept/ verb 1. to take something that someone offers you, or to agree to do something that someone asks you to donounsaccept an offer/invitation I decided to accept their offer of a job. | She accepted an invitation to dinner the following day.accept a gift/present/bribe I wasn’t sure whether I could accept such a generous gift.accept an award He had to give a speech when he accepted the award.accept help/aid/assistance He has always been reluctant to accept help from other people.accept an apology Please accept my apologies for cancelling our meeting.accept sb’s resignation The manager refused to accept her resignation.accept a challenge Paul accepted the challenge to run in the London Marathon.adverbsgladly/willingly/readily accept sth He invited her to dinner and she gladly accepted.gratefully accept sth Any information you can let me have would be gratefully accepted.graciously accept sth (=in a polite and kind way) She accepted her gift graciously.reluctantly accept sth He handed the book to James who reluctantly accepted it.prepositionsaccept sth from sb He accepted an invitation from the president to visit France.2. to decide that there is nothing you can do to change a bad situationnounsaccept a situation You’ll just have to accept the situation – there’s nothing you can do about it.accept reality (=accept the real situation) He was unwilling to accept reality and kept calling his ex-girlfriend.accept defeat Woods refused to accept defeat and came back to win the competition.accept the consequences They will have to accept the consequences of their actions.accept your fate Rather than accept their fate, the workers went on strike in protest at the job cuts.accept the inevitable He had to accept the inevitable and close down his business.accept the fact (that)... The team has had to accept the fact that it is not good enough to win the league.verbsbe forced to accept sth I was forced to accept defeat.learn/come to accept sth (=gradually accept something) Eventually my parents came to accept our marriage.3. to agree that something is right or truenounsaccept an idea/principle/notion It took his parents a long time to accept the idea that he wanted to be a dancer. | The government accepted the principle of reform.accept a view This view is now generally accepted among scientists.accept an argument I accept the argument that violence is sometimes necessary.accept an explanation He accepted her explanation without question.accept a proposal The committee voted to accept the proposals.accept a claim A scientist wouldn’t accept claims like this without proper evidence.accept a recommendation The company accepted all the recommendations that were made in the report.accept the need for sth The authorities say they accept the need for an investigation into the matter.adverbsbe generally/widely/commonly accepted (=by many or most people) It is widely accepted that the Earth’s climate is changing.be universally accepted (=by everyone) This point of view was almost universally accepted in the nineteenth century.fully accept sth (=completely) I fully accept that I was wrong and I apologize.readily/happily accept sth Most people readily accept that learning a foreign language is difficult.reluctantly/grudgingly accept sth (=unwillingly) She didn’t like him, but she grudgingly accepted that he did a good job.blindly/unquestioningly accept sth disapproving (=without thinking or asking questions) You shouldn’t blindly accept what other people say.phrasesaccept sth at face value (=accept something without thinking that there may be a hidden meaning) He accepted this information at face value.have no choice but to accept sth I had no choice but to accept the judge’s decision.
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