acknowledge

【发音】

美 /ək'nɑlɪdʒ/ 英 /ək'nɒlɪdʒ/

【翻译】

1. vt. 承认， 承认…的权威； 告知收到， 确认； 对…表示感谢， 报偿

   英释:to admit or accept that something is true or that a situation exists

【记忆】

ac ＋ know(知道) ＋ ledge → 大家都知道了， 所以不得不承认 → 承认

【短语】

1. acknowledge receipt : 证实收到

2. acknowledge receipt of : 收到

【例句】

1. The family acknowledge the need for change.

   全家人都承认需要改变一下。

2. Claire acknowledged that she was guilty.

   克莱尔承认有罪。

3. The government must acknowledge what is happening and do something about it.

   对于目前的情况，政府必须承认其存在并对此采取措施。

4. ‘Maybe you are right,’ she acknowledged.

   “也许你是对的。”她承认道。

5. This is a fact that most smokers readily acknowledge .

   这是大多数烟民都愿意承认的事实。

【真题例句】

1. (2013.6 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...that explanation doesn't acknowledge the lengths to which the company went to reinvent itself...

【同、近义词】

1. vt.承认；答谢；报偿；告知已收到

   accept/agree/recognize/grant/face/

【同根词】

1. adj

   acknowledged : 公认的；被普遍认可的

2. n

   acknowledgement : 承认；确认；感谢

   acknowledgment : 感谢；承认；承认书

3. v

   acknowledged : 承认；确认（acknowledge的过去式和过去分词）；答谢