accept 强调主动地或自愿地接受，或者说，经过考虑后同意接受。
receive 着重仅仅接到或收到这一支轮船或事实，而不含采取主动或积极行动的意思。
admit 作“接受”讲时，强调准许或批准。
take 与receive同意，是receive的日常用法，侧重不带主观意愿地收下或接受。
参考例句
1. to admit a claim (判定情况属实而)确认索赔
2. Maybe short of efficiency, I admit. 我承认可能会缺乏效率。
3. I have to blush to admit that thing. 我不得不羞愧地承认了那件事。
英英解释
v.
1. declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
2. allow to enter; grant entry to
3. allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and res
4. admit into a group or community
5. afford possibility
6. give access or entrance to
7. have room for; hold without crowding
8. serve as a means of entrance
