accept學測 L2KK [æˈksɛpt] | /æˈksɛpt/
接受;欣然收下·相信;認定…為真·接納;准許加入(團體)
義項多,從收下到相信都用它
She held out both hands and gladly accepted the puppy from her neighbor.

她伸出雙手,開心地從鄰居那裡接過那隻小狗。

accept 由字首 ac-(向)加字根 cept(拿)組成,字面是「伸手去拿」。

一個畫面:伸手收下

接下禮物別人遞來東西,伸手收下
點頭採信心裡認同,把想法當真
敞開接納打開門,把新人收進來

義項

伸手接禮A2verb接受;欣然收下
After a long day at work, I gladly accept my friend's invitation to go out for dinner.
忙了一整天的工作後,我很樂意接受朋友外出吃晚餐的邀約。
accept an invitationaccept a gift
點頭採信A2verb相信;認定…為真
Even after seeing the results, I found it hard to accept that I had failed the test.
即使看到成績後,我還是很難相信自己考試不及格。
accept the truthaccept the results
敞門接納A2verb接納;准許加入(團體)
The basketball team decided to accept him as a new member.
籃球隊決定接受他成為新隊員。
accept new membersaccept students

片語

accept an invitation收下邀請函 →接受邀約
accept responsibility扛起責任 →願意承擔責任
accept a challenge接下挑戰 →願意迎接挑戰
accept a job offer點頭接工作 →答應接受工作機會

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I will ___ your apology, but please don't do it again. (accept / except)

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accept

accept 是動詞,except 是介系詞,兩字拼法相近但意思不同。

下面哪一句的 accept 用得對?第一句:After seeing the figures, she accepted that her first guess was wrong. 第二句:After seeing the figures, she accepted that her first guess was wrong but insisted it could not be wrong.(第一句/第二句)

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第一句

accept 可指承認事實;仍堅稱不可能錯則未接受。

字族

acceptance 接受;認可(名詞)・acceptable 可接受的(形容詞)

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