及物動詞：接受、接納、同意、相信
常見搭配詞：
- accept an invitation / an award / an apology / a gift / a challenge
接受邀請 / 獎項 / 道歉 / 禮物 / 挑戰 - accept credit cards
接受信用卡 - accept somebody’s offer / help
接受某人的提議或提供的東西/ 幫助 - accept full responsibility
負全責 - accept help / aid / assistance
接受幫助 - accept something from somebody
- accept somebody / something as something
- accept (the fact) that SV
- gladly / willingly / readily accept
非常樂意接受 - accept to do something
同意去做…
例句：
- Ms. Jones is going to the United States to accept a reward for her movie.
瓊斯女士的電影獲獎，她要去美國領獎 - You have to accept that there is nothing you can do to help him.
你必須接受你再也無法幫到他了 - She didn’t accept my apology.
她沒接受我的道歉 - It is hard for many people to accept defeat.
大部分的人很難接受自己失敗了 - He readily accepted the job offer.
他一下就接受了那個工作機會 - She refused to accept the situation.
她拒絕接受這情況 (可能會做些動作去改變，也有可能是無法接受這個事實) - The kids gradually accepted her as a friend.
那些學生逐漸地接納她，成為朋友 - The manager should accept full responsibility for the failure of the project.
那經理應該為企劃的失敗負全責 - Do you accept credit cards?
你們接受信用卡嗎？ - The vending machine will accept coins of any denomination.
這自動販賣機接受所有面值的硬幣 - She accepted to give a presentation at the conferenceㄡ
她同意在會議上演講(報告)
不及物動詞：接受、領受、同意、相信
例句：
- I am invited to her party, but I haven’t decided whether to accept.
她有邀請我參加她的派對，但我還沒決定要接受邀請嗎？
同義詞：
- receive willingly 很願意接受 vt. receive單純表示收到，沒有提及主詞是否願意接受
- agree to something ( to do …) 同意 vt. 要注意，雖然是同義詞，agree強調的是同意不是接受
- consent to N 同意 vt. 強調的是同意不是接受
- recognize 承認、接受 vt. recognize a bad situation 接受情況不好的事實
- take 接受 vt. (口語用法)
衍生字：
- acceptable 令人滿意的、可以接受的、贊同的、差強人意的 adj.
- accepted 公認的 adj.
- accepting 包容的 adj.
- acceptability 滿意、認同、接受 n.
- acceptance 認可、接納 、接受 、容忍 n.