accept something
She accepted the invitation.
她接受了邀请。
接受；收下
accepting — present participle of accept
同意；答应；赞成；认可；相信；承认；接受,尤其是同意、赞成或认可地接收；接纳进入某地或团体
receive willingly something given or offered
指收下别人给予的实物、帮助、建议等。
接受,尤其是同意、赞成或认可地接收
To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
接纳进入某地或团体
To admit to a place or a group.
认为合适、通常、真实,或相信
To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.
接受为足够或令人满意的
To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
接受或同意；同意；服从
To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
耐心忍受
To endure patiently.
耐心地承认而不反对或抵抗
To acknowledge patiently without opposition or resistance.
同意支付
To agree to pay.
正式接收
To receive officially.
乐意接受
To receive something willingly.
一般现在时
I accept the offer.
我接受这个提议。
一般过去时
She accepted the invitation.
她接受了邀请。
规则变化
She accepted the job offer without hesitation.
她毫不犹豫地接受了这份工作邀请。
用法提示：这里 accept 表示“接受”，是及物动词，后接名词短语作宾语。
I accept your apology and hope we can move on.
我接受你的道歉，希望我们能继续往前走。
用法提示：accept 意为“接受”，此处接受的是抽象事物（道歉），体现及物用法。
They accepted our proposal after a long discussion.
经过长时间讨论，他们接受了我们的提议。
用法提示：accepted 是 accept 的过去式，表示“采纳、接受”。
She accepted the invitation.
她接受了邀请。
后接从句表示承认事实。
He accepted that he had made a mistake.
他承认自己犯了一个错误。
The committee accepted him as a full member.
委员会接受他为正式成员。
receive 更强调被动收到，而 accept 强调主动愿意接受。例如：I received his gift but didn't accept it.
take 常与 offer 连用，比 accept 更口语化，但不如 accept 正式。例如：She took the job offer.
admit 强调同意进入或加入，而 accept 更宽泛。例如：The college admitted her.
welcome 带有热情、喜悦的感情色彩，而 accept 中性。例如：We welcome your suggestions.
grammar · medium
易错句子I accept your invitation except I am busy.
正确表达I accept your invitation but I am busy.
混淆了'accept'和'except'。'Accept'意为'接受'，而'except'是介词或连词，意为'除了'。这里需要转折连词'but'来表示'但是'。
grammar · medium
易错句子He accepted to help me.
正确表达He agreed to help me.
及物动词'accept'后面通常不接不定式短语，而直接跟名词或that从句。表示'同意做某事'应该用'agree to do'。
与‘接受’（乐意接收或同意）相对
与‘接受’（乐意接收或同意）相对
与‘接受’（礼貌地同意）相对
与‘接受’（认为真实或正确）相对
易混淆，因为发音相似但意义完全不同；'accept'是'接受'，而'except'是'排除'。
两者都有'接收'的意思，但'accept'暗示主动同意接收，而'receive'只是被动收到。
承担责任
He had to accept responsibility for his actions.
他必须为自己的行为承担责任。
接受提议
She decided to accept the job offer.
她决定接受这份工作提议。
接受事实
It's hard to accept the truth about what happened.
很难接受所发生事情的真相。
接受挑战
He was ready to accept the challenge.
他准备好接受挑战。
认输
The team refused to accept defeat.
团队拒绝认输。
接受某人的道歉
She accepted his apology gracefully.
她优雅地接受了他的道歉。
ac- (向) + cept (取)
con- (一起) + cept (取)
ex- (外) + cept (取)
inter- (之间) + cept (取)
接受不可避免的事情
We must accept the inevitable and move on.
我们必须接受不可避免的事情，继续前进。
表面接受，信以为真
She accepted his excuse at face value.
她表面接受了他的借口。
热情欢迎
The community accepted the new family with open arms.
社区热情欢迎了这个新家庭。
我们必须接受有限的失望，但绝不能失去无限的希望。
I accept the fact that I didn't get the job, but I remain hopeful.
我接受我没有得到这份工作的事实，但我依然保持希望。
我们只接受我们认为自己配得上的爱。
It's important to accept that you deserve to be treated well.
重要的是要接受你值得被善待。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.