记忆方法
1、ac- "to" + cept-.
2、含义：take what is offered, take or receive willingly.
2、含义：take what is offered, take or receive willingly.
中文词源
accept 接受
词根cept,抓住，见capture,抓住。此处由抓住代指领悟，接受。
英语词源
- accept
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accept: [14] Accept comes ultimately from Latin capere, which meant ‘take’ (and was derived from the same root as English heave). The addition of the prefix ad- ‘to’ produced accipere, literally ‘take to oneself’, hence ‘receive’. The past participle of this, acceptus, formed the basis of a new verb, acceptāre, denoting repeated action, which made its way via Old French into English.
=> heave - accept (v.)
- late 14c., "to take what is offered," from Old French accepter (14c.) or directly from Latin acceptare "take or receive willingly," frequentative of accipere "receive," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + capere "to take" (see capable). Related: Accepted; accepting.
权威例句
- 1. He would have to accept it; there was no other way.
- 对此他将别无选择，只有接受。
- 2. Some of the older telephones still only accept tokens.
- 一些较老式的电话机仍然只收代币。
- 3. Initially the government was unwilling to accept the defeat.
- 最初政府不愿意承认失败。
- 4. They don't accept any foolishness when it comes to spending money.
- 在花钱的问题上，他们向来很谨慎。
- 5. The men voted by a four-to-one majority to accept the pay offer.
- 男雇员以4比1的多数票接受了工资条件。