例如：

Then he smiled and told me I would receive an extra ￡100 a year!

后来他笑了，并且告诉我说，我将一年收到一百英镑的额外收入！

If you receive a request like this, you cannot fail to obey it!

如果你收到这样的一种请求，你不会不服从的！

A baby can only receive sense impressions, but it does not understand them.

婴儿只能接受感官方面的印象，而不能理解。

（2）accept总表示主动而且高兴地接受。

　　例如：

Please accept my apologies. 请接受我的歉意。

The villagers have told him that they will not accept the inn even if he gives it away.

村民们告诉他说，即使他把那小酒店白送给人家，也没有人会接受的。

She has received his present, but she will not accept it.

她收到了他的礼物，但她是不会接受的。

There is no accepted theory to explain the phenomenon.

没有公认的理论来解释这种现象。

（3）take所表示的接受包含着有人赠给的意思。

例如：

Did you take his advice? 你接受了他的建议了吗？

He takes anything he is given. 给他什么他就要什么。

（4）receive还表示"接待、接见"的意思。

　　例如：

The hotel is now open to receive guests. 这家旅馆现在开业接待客人了。

2．after all, above all, at all, in all

（1）after all: 置于句首时表示提醒对方注意，常翻译成"别忘了"；置于句末时表示"与预料的情况相反"。

　　例如：

Don't be too strict with him. After all, he is only a child.

对他不要过于严格。别忘了，他还只是个孩子。

I thought I would fail in the last exam, but I passed, after all.