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acknowledge
难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词
基本释义
vt.承认；告知收到；公认；表示感谢；注意到
双语释义
v.(动词)
vt. 承认 accept or admit that sth exists, is true, or is real
vt. 告知收到 tell sb that you have received sth that they sent to you
vt. 致意 show that you have noticed by smiling, waving, etc.
vt. 感谢 publicly express thanks for help you have been given
同义词
v. admit，notice，receipt，recognise
反义词
v. deny
词汇辨析
acknowledge，admit，confess，recognize，concede
这些动词均含“承认”之意。
acknowledge 通常指公开承认某事的真实情况或自己的过错。
admit 强调因外力或良心驱使或经判断而明确承认，多含不情愿或被迫意味。
confess 语气较强，着重承认自己意识到的错误或罪行，含坦白忏悔的意味。
recognize 作“承认”解时，系书面用词，主要指合法的或外交上的承认，也指公认。
concede 指在事实与证据面前勉强或不得不承认。
参考例句
1. the students acknowledged the authority of the student council.
学生们承认学生会的权威。
2. i acknowledge your ability.
我承认你的能力。
3. everyone should try to acknowledge his or her mission here on the earth.
在地球上每个人应该试着承认他或她在这里的使命。
1.v-t if you acknowledge a fact or a situation, you accept or admit that it is true or that it exists. 承认 (事实或情况) [正式]
例：naylor acknowledged, in a letter to the judge, that he was a drug addict.
在一封写给法官的信中，内勒承认他是一个吸毒者。
例：belatedly, the government has acknowledged the problem.
政府过晚地承认了这个问题。
2.v-t if someone's achievements, status, or qualities are acknowledged, they are known about and recognized by a lot of people, or by a particular group of people. 认可 (某人的成就、地位或品质)
例：he is also acknowledged as an excellent goalkeeper.
他还被认可为一名优秀的守门员。
3.v-t if you acknowledge a message or letter, you write to the person who sent it in order to say that you have received it. 确认收到
例：the army sent me a postcard acknowledging my request.
军方寄给我一张明信片以确认收到了我的请求。
4.v-t if you acknowledge someone, for example, by moving your head or smiling, you show that you have seen and recognized them. (点头或微笑) 向…致意
例：he saw her but refused to even acknowledge her.
他看到了她，但甚至都拒绝向她致意。
常见用法
用作及物动词 (vt.)
we acknowledged the need for reform.
我们承认改革的需要。
please acknowledge this cheque as soon as you receive it.
收到该支票后,请立即告知。
we hope you can acknowledge your mistake in public.
希望你当众认错。
we are sending you some money in acknowledgement of your valuable help.
我们送些酬劳，对您的大力协助聊表谢意。
i met him in town but he didn't even acknowledge me
我在城里见到他，但他却把我当成素不相识的人乙