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. Taking a pen in her hand,she began to write. 她手里拿着一支钢笔，开始写起来。
2. I need take good of my sister. 我需要好好地照顾我的妹妹。
3. Take your time and do it well. 你要抓紧时间，干得干脆利索。
英英解释
n.
1. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
2. the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption v.
1. carry out
2. require (time or space)
3. take somebody somewhere
4. get into one's hands, take physically
5. take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
6. interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
7. take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
8. take into one's possession
9. require as useful, just, or proper
10. pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
11. travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
12. receive willingly something given or offered
13. assume, as of positions or roles
14. take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
15. experience or feel or submit to
16. make a film or photograph of something
17. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
18. serve oneself to, or consume regularly
19. accept or undergo, often unwillingly
20. make use of or accept for some purpose
21. take by force
22. occupy or take on
23. admit into a group or community
24. ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
25. be a student of a certain subject
26. take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
27. head into a specified direction
28. aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment
29. be seized or affected in a specified way
30. have with oneself; have on one's person
31. engage for service under a term of contract
32. receive or obtain by regular payment
33. buy, select
34. to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
35. have sex with; archaic use
36. lay claim to; as of an idea
37. be designed to hold or take
38. be capable of holding or containing
39. develop a habit
40. proceed along in a vehicle
41. obtain by winning
42. be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
