acknowledge/acknowledgement

acknowledge /əkˈnɔlidʒ/ vt. 1.承认，认为属实（跟名词/代词、v-ing、从句和复合结构）：acknowledge one’s mistakes 承认自己的错误They acknowledge having been defeated. 他们承认已被打败。(= They acknowledge that they were defeated.)［考句］ Professor Hawking is acknowledged as one of the world’s greatest living physicists.霍金教授被公认为世界上在世的最伟大的物理科学家之一。 2.向…打招呼，理会： My son walked right past me without even acknowledging me. 我儿子从我身旁走过竟连招呼都没跟我打。3.告知(信件、礼物等)已收到：We must acknowledge his letter. 我们必须告诉他，来信已收到。4.对…表示谢意：［考句］His long service with the company was acknowledged with a present.由于他长期为公司服务，因而公司向他赠送了一件礼物以表谢忱。

［辨析］acknowledge为普通用语，着重公开承认某事的真实性, 承认事实或某事的存在。admit常含被迫或不情愿之意，指因屈服于外界某种压力或受到良心的谴责等而承认。confess 主要指承认自己的过错、罪行或隐私等，有“坦白”的含义。

acknowledgement n. [u] 承认，知晓：［考句］ Despite almost universal acknowledgement of the vital importance of women’s literacy, education remains a dream for far many women in far too many countries of the world. 尽管大家都知晓妇女接受教育极其重要，但在世界很多国家很多妇女接受教育还是一个梦想。