accede
verb [intransitive] (formal)- accede (to something)
to agree to a request, proposal, etc. 同意(请求、建议等) He acceded to demands for his resignation. 他同意要他辞职的要求。 Japan had little choice but to accede. 日本别无选择,只能同意。 The Planning Committee has finally acceded to growing pressure. 规划委员会终于接受了越来越大的压力。
- accede (to something)
to achieve a high position, especially to become king or queen Topics Successc2, Historyc2就任;就职;(尤指君主)即位 - accede (to something)
to become a member of an organization 同意(请求、建议等) Croatia acceded to the EU in 2013. 克罗地亚于2013年加入欧盟。
see also accession
Word Originlate Middle English (in the general sense ‘come forward, approach’): from Latin accedere, from ad- ‘to’ + cedere ‘give way, yield’.