acceptance rate

• The initial response to this invitation was disappointing , but , after harriet followed up with phone calls ( the organizational skills built up in over a decade of lobbying for prisoners ' rights were coming to the fore ) she was able to boost the acceptance rate considerably
  请柬发出之初，应者廖廖无几，但哈莉特电话随后跟上（过去十年为争取囚犯权力游说议员而增长的组织技能涌现出来了） ，于是应者云集。