accept、receive、admit与take这些动词均有“接受、接纳”之意。
accept ：强调主动地或自愿地接受，或者说，经过考虑后同意接受。
- He asked me to marry him and I accepted.
他向我求婚，我答应了。
receive ：着重仅仅接到或收到这一结论或事实，而不含采取主动或积极行动的意思。
- He received an award for bravery from the police service.
他以其勇敢行为受到警务部门的嘉奖。 -
说大班上课会降低孩子所受教育的质量已是陈词滥调了。
It is a commonplace to say that large classes dilute the quality of education that children receive.
admit ：作“接受”讲时，强调准许或批准。
- She admits to being strict with her children.
她承认对自己的孩子很严厉。 - 政府高级官员承认他们还没能镇压这场暴乱。
Senior government officials admit they have not been able to subdue the mutiny.
take与receive同意，是receive的日常用法，侧重不带主观意愿地收下或接受。
- I passed him the rope and he took it.
我把绳子递给他，他接了过去。
