• accept 与 receive 的用法区别
  
  1. receive 通常指被动地“收到”或“接到”，而 accept 则指主动地“接受”。如：
  We haven't received his letter for a long time. 我们很久没有收到他的来信了。
  She offered him a lift and he accepted (it). 她请他坐她的车，他就领情了。
  比较并体会：
  She received his present, but she didn't accept it. 她收到了他的礼物，但是没有接受。
  注意：有时用词要视语言习惯而定，而不能简单地认为 receive=收到，accept=接受。如“接受礼物”说成英语是 accept a gift, 而“接受教育”却是 receive an education。
  2. 表示“接见”、“接待”时，要用 receive 而不用 accept。

receive/accept

Our country sometimes uses man-made satellites to send and receive TV programmes.我国有时候使用人造卫星发送和接收电视节目。
He did experiments to test and prove an idea before he was rady to accept it.他准备接受一种观念之前，都先进行实验，对它加以验证。
<辨析>这两个词都有“接”的意思。receive 指“接到”、“收到”这一动作或事实，不涉及是否乐意或同意，可以表示收到信件、礼物、邀请，或接受教育、命令等。accept 指经过考虑“接受”下来，强调其主观上乐意“接受”。再看下例：Yesterday he received a present,but didn't want to accept it.昨天他收到一件礼物，但他并不想要。receive 还可表示“接待”、“接见”，accept 则没有这种意义。如：We often receive foreign guests.我们经常接待外宾。注意：receive 是终止性动词，其现在完成时不能同表示一段时间的状语连用。如不可以说 I have received your letter for five days.应该说 I received your letter five days ago.