receive: can imply a welcoming recognition: ~ guests with open arms; but more often it implies that something comes or is allowed to come into one's possession or presence while one is passive: ~d the news without comment.     又如freely you receive, freely you give你接收，你给予，这里的freely可以理解为不收费或慷慨: 你慷慨地接收，也应慷慨地给予


accept: adds to receive an implication of some degree of positive acquiescence or consent even if tacit: refused to ~ a valuable gift from a comparative stranger.    （acquiesce默许implies tacit acceptance or forbearance of opposition沉默接受不去反对，如usually acquiesces to his wife's wishes通常默许妻子的愿望，如Steve seemed to have acquiesced in the decision史蒂夫好像默许了这个决定，介词用to或in）  （consent同意agreement that involves the will or feeling表示意志和情感上的同意，如Eleanor Roosevelt: no one can make you feel inferior without your consent罗斯福夫人: 除非你自己同意，否则没人能让你觉得低人一等，如consent to their daughter's wish to go on the trip同意了女儿旅游的愿望，consent在2018-03-15 同意assent-agree组，只有consent表示意志和情感上同意或顺从他人）   （tacit心照不宣的默示的implies what is suggested indirectly or understood, rather than said in words，如tacit approval/support/knowledge默许/暗中支持/心照不宣的认识，如by tacit agreement , the subject was never mentioned again根据达成的默契，这个话题从未再提起过）

admit: carries strong implications of permission, allowance, or sufferance: ~ new members to a club.   3个词都在2019-03-04 允许let-leave      名词有2个，admittance表示允许进入地方，admission表示允许加入组织


take: carries the notion of accepting or at least of making no positive protest against receiving, and often of almost welcoming on principle, what is offered, conferred, or inflicted: a man who took whatever fortune sent him.   on principle根据原则遵循原则，in principle大体上基本上


receive接收接待: 可指欢迎；但更多指被动接收，accept接受: 表示正面默许赞成，即使心照不宣，admit接收接纳: 表示允许容许，take接收: 表示接受甚至欢迎所提供授予强加的，至少不反对


记忆方法:  1）首字母RAAT一只老鼠无食我黍<==接受        "受"是会意字，甲骨文字形象"两手中间有一只舟"，表示"接纳别人给的东西"，如接受承受感受受托受益受累受辱受用       "接"从手妾声，字面意思是"纳妾"，本义是"交会，即交接会合"，如接近接壤接任接待接续        "纳"的本义是"丝被水浸湿"，引申为"接收接受"，如采纳笑纳纳谏纳垢出纳纳福纳凉，还表示"缴付"，如纳税缴纳纳粮

          2）接受的意思是同意接收mean to permit to come into one's possession, presence, group, mind, or substance.