assent or agree to a demand, request, or treaty 同意(要求,请求,条约) the authorities did not accede to the strikers'demands. 当局没有同意罢工者的要求。
assume an office or position 就职,上任 Elizabeth I acceded to the throne in 1558. 伊丽莎白一世于1558年即位。 ■become a member of a community or organization 加入团体(或组织) Albania acceded to the IMF in 1990. 阿尔巴尼亚于1990年加入国际货币基金组织。
语源
late Middle English (in the general sense come forward, approach): from Latin accedere, from ad- 'to' + cedere 'give way, yield'