核心畫面

One way to hold it: taking in what is offered instead of pushing it back. Something arrives at your door — a job, an idea, a person, a fact you cannot change — and you open your hands rather than keeping them closed. What changes across the uses is only what is being taken in.

可以想成把送到面前的東西收下來,而不是推回去:一份工作、一個說法、一個人、一件已經無法改變的事實——你選擇把手打開,更多收起可以想成把送到面前的東西收下來,而不是推回去:一份工作、一個說法、一個人、一件已經無法改變的事實——你選擇把手打開,而不是一直擋著。四個用法之間變的只是「收下來的是什麼」。

From the picture

接住改變不了的處境

同樣是把手打開,只是這次收下的是自己並不想要、也改不掉的事:不再一直跟它拉扯。

accepting a hard situation · noun · B2

Living calmly with a difficult situation you cannot change, instead of fighting it.

坦然接受

把人接進群體裡

這次被收下的是人:讓他加入,並且跟其他成員一樣看待。

letting someone join · noun · B1

the process of allowing someone to join a group and treating them like the other members.

接納

Also in this word

saying yes · noun · B1

when you officially say yes to something that is offered to you, such as a job, a school place, or an invitation.

接受

general agreement · noun · B2

General agreement among people that an idea or explanation is right.

認可

原始詞典資料10 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

acceptancenoun/əkˈsɛp.təns/

  • 1

    The act of accepting; the receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation, or satisfaction; especially, favourable reception; approval.

    • the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc.
    • All the flockes of Kedar shall be gathered together vnto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister vnto thee: they shall come vp with acceptance on mine altar, and I wil glorifie the house of my glory.
  • 2

    An instance of that act.

  • 3

    Belief in something; agreement, assent.

  • 4

    The state of being accepted.

    • The warrant I haue of your Honourable Diſpoſition, not the Worth of my vntutor'd Lines makes it aſſured of acceptance.
  • 5

    The usual or accepted meaning of a word or expression.

  • 6

    businessfinanceAn assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance; the bill of exchange itself when accepted.

  • 7

    lawAn agreeing to the action, proposals, or terms of another by some act which results in the conclusion of a legally binding contract; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking of possession of a thing as owner.

    • But what acts shall amount to such an acceptance is often a question of great nicety and difficulty.
  • 8

    governmentThe act of an authorized representative of the government by which the government assents to ownership of existing and identified supplies, or approves specific services rendered, as partial or complete performance of a contract.

另外 2 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    hobbieshorse-racinghorseracingA list of horses accepted as starters in a race.

  • 10

    engineeringnatural-sciencesopticsSynonym of etendue.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。