acknowledgment

英 [ək'nɒlɪdʒmənt] 美[ək'nɑlɪdʒmənt]

• n. 感谢；承认；承认书

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"