acknowledge

　　vt. 承認(rèn)

　　She refused to acknowledge defeat. 她拒絕承認(rèn)失敗。

　　vt. 表示感謝

　　We must not fail to acknowledge his services to the town . 我們必須感謝他對本市的貢獻(xiàn)。

　　vt. 表示認(rèn)識，向(某人)打招呼 ;告知(信件、禮物)的收到，確認(rèn)

　　acknowledge sb.’s letter 確認(rèn)收到某人的來信

　　vt. 【律】公證

　　acknowledge a deed

　　公證一項(xiàng)契約

　　[難點(diǎn)]

　　感謝某人通常不說 acknowledge sb. 常用acknowledge one’s … with … 用…向某人的…致謝

　　He acknowledged the applause with a small bow.

　　他鞠躬以謝歡呼。

　　acknowledge 后接動(dòng)詞的ing形式，不接動(dòng)詞不定式。

　　He acknowledged having been frightened. 他承認(rèn)受驚。

　　[詞組]

　　acknowledge one's defeat

　　承認(rèn)失敗

　　It is universally acknowledged that... ...

　　是大家所公認(rèn)的

　　acknowledge the applause

　　謝幕

　　acknowledge the corn

　　[美俚]承認(rèn)為事實(shí), 認(rèn)輸, 甘拜下風(fēng)

　　acknowledge the superiority of

　　自認(rèn)不如