1、accept 相当于汉语的“收到并接受”，即既有动作上的收到，又有心理上的愿意接受；指主观上接受或同意建议、邀请等；也指认为某人或某物足够好而接受 。
【热门词汇accept和receive区别分析 receive】2、receive相当于汉语的“接收”，即仅仅表示接到或收到的动作，并无强调心理上的接受与否的含义 。指收到信件、消息、礼物等，表示客观上接收这一行为，不涉及接收者的主观意愿；也指接受医院的治疗 。
从下面的例句中可以看出二者的区别：
He received a watch of a famous brand from his friend and accepted it.
昨天他收到朋友寄来的一只名表并收下了它 。
Eventually Sam persuaded her to accept an offer of marriage
最终萨姆说服她接受了求婚 。
Did you receive my card?
你收到我的贺卡了吗？
The Council will meet to decide if it should accept his resignation.
委员会将召开会议决定是否接受他的辞呈 。
She was quite satisfied with the boy so she readily accepted the small gift. 她对那个男孩挺满意的，所以欣然接受了他的小礼物 。
The security guard patiently explained to him that he could not bring electronics into the room. He finally accepted. 保安耐心地跟他解释说不能带电子产品进入房间，他最终接受了 。
He received an invitation to dinner, but he didn't intend to go. 他收到了宴会邀请，但是不打算去 。
John accepted the invitation to the party.
约翰接受了参加晚会的邀请 。
He was sent to hospital and would receive professional treatment immediately. 他被送去了医院，将马上接受专业的治疗 。
Please accept our sincere apologies.
请接受我们真诚的道歉 。
另外，take使用最广泛，泛指接受、接收的动作或行为，如接收信息、接受工作、接受意见等等，例如：
Well, you are right. I will take your advice. 好吧，你是对的，我会接受你的建议的 。
She had a hard time getting into the final interview, but she didn't take the opportunity in the end. 她好不容易才进入最终面试，但是她却没有接受这个机会 。
Why don't you take that job?
你为什么不接受那份工作？
Please take my advice and give him another chance.
请接受我的建议，再给他一次机会 。
In his opinion, it is not impossible for the staff to agree to take a 1% pay cut.
在他看来，让员工同意接受1%的降薪并非是不可能的 。
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