acknowledgment
英 [ək'nɒlɪdʒmənt]
美[ək'nɑlɪdʒmənt]
- n. 感谢；承认；承认书
英英释意
- 1. the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged;
- "the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work"
- "she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own"
- 2. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage;
- "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"
- "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"
- "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"
- 3. a statement acknowledging something or someone;
- "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment"
- "the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her"
英文词源
- acknowledgment (n.)
- alternative form of acknowledgement. OED deems it "a spelling more in accordance with Eng. values of letters."