ad·mit /ədˈmɪt/ ●●● S2 W1 verb (admitted, admitting) 1 accept truth 接受事实ADMIT [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to agree unwillingly that something is true or that someone else is right 〔不情愿地〕承认 ‘Okay, so maybe I was a little bit scared, ’ Jenny admitted. “行了,也许我是有点害怕。”珍妮承认道。
admit (that) You may not like her, but you have to admit that she’s good at her job. 你也许不喜欢她,但你不得不承认她很能干。
admit to somebody (that) Paul admitted to me that he sometimes feels jealous of my friendship with Stanley. 保罗向我承认,说他有时候妒忌我与斯坦利的友谊。
I must admit, I didn’t actually do anything to help her. 我必须承认,实际上我并没有帮她什么忙。
Admit it! I’m right, aren’t I? 承认吧!我对了,是不是?
admit (to) doing something Dana admitted feeling hurt by what I had said. 达娜承认我说的话伤了她的感情。
freely/openly/frankly etc admit (=admit without being ashamed) 直率地/公开/坦白承认等 Phillips openly admits to having an alcohol problem. 菲利普斯公开承认有酗酒问题。
2 accept blame 承担责任ADMIT [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to say that you have done something wrong, especially something criminal 承认 〔过错,尤指罪行〕 SYN confess OPP denyadmit doing something Greene admitted causing death by reckless driving. 格林承认自己鲁莽驾驶,致人死亡。
admit to (doing) something A quarter of all workers admit to taking time off when they are not ill. 四分之一的工人承认他们没病也请过病假。
After questioning, he admitted to the murder. 经过盘问,他承认自己是凶手。
No organization has admitted responsibility for the bombing. 没有组织承认对这宗爆炸案负责。
► see thesaurus at admit 3 allow to enter 准许进入ENTER [transitiveT] to allow someone to enter a public place to watch a game, performance etc 允许…进入 → admittance, admissionadmit somebody to/into something Only ticket-holders will be admitted into the stadium. 只有持票者才可进入体育场。
RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say let someone in rather than admit someone: 在日常英语中,人们一般说let someone in,而不说admit someone
They won’t let you in without a ticket. 没有票他们不会让你进的。
4 allow to join 准许加入JOIN AN ORGANIZATION [transitiveT] to allow someone to join an organization, club etc 允许…加入;接纳admit somebody to/into something Drake was admitted into the club in 1997. 1997年德雷克被那家俱乐部接纳为会员。
5 hospital 医院 [transitiveT] if people at a hospital admit someone, that person is taken in to be given treatment, tests, or care 接收…入院,收治 What time was she admitted? 她什么时候入院的?
be admitted to hospital British EnglishBrE, be admitted to the hospital American EnglishAmE 被医院收治
6 admit defeat STOP DOING somethingto stop trying to do something because you realize you cannot succeed 承认失败,认输 For Haskill, selling the restaurant would be admitting defeat. 对哈斯基尔来说,卖掉餐厅就是承认失败。
admit defeat• After half an hour she had to admit defeat.• He had already summed her up as some one who hated to admit defeat.• He loathed the boot and complained about it constantly, but he wouldn't admit defeat.• Leafy and Obey stayed away for close to an hour, returning at last after midnight to admit defeat.• The Novartis team put up a valiant fight, but admit defeat.• He came wandering towards me, obviously having admitted defeat, and I fell in beside him, companionably in step.• Haskill refuses to admit defeat and sell the restaurant.• To leave was to admit defeat in this peculiar ritual of making myself known. 7 admit evidence to allow a particular piece of evidence to be used in a court of law 〔法庭上〕接纳证据 Courts can refuse to admit evidence obtained illegally by police. 法庭可以拒绝接纳警方非法获取的证据。
8 admit of something phrasal verbphr v formal GOOD ENOUGHif a situation admits of a particular explanation, that explanation can be accepted as possible 容许有 The facts admit of no other explanation. 这些事实不容有其他解释。
n GRAMMAR: ComparisonadmitYou
admit that you did something:
He admitted that he had made a mistake.
You
admit to someone
that you did something:
He admitted to me that he had made a mistake.
✗Don’t say:
He admitted me that he had made a mistake.
You
admit doing something:
He admitted making a mistake.
✗Don’t say:
He admitted to make a mistake. confessYou
confess that you did something:
He confessed that he had stolen the money.
You
confess to someone
that you did something:
He confessed to the police that he had stolen the money.
n COLLOCATIONSverbsrefuse to admit somethingHe refused to admit that it was his fault.
be forced to admit somethingThe government was forced to admit that the policy had never really worked.
somebody has to admit somethingIn the end, he had to admit I was right.
adverbsfreely/readily/openly admit something (=admit without being ashamed)I freely admit I’m hopeless at maths.
grudgingly/reluctantly admit something (=admit something when you do not want to)He grudgingly admitted that I was a better swimmer than him.
phrasesbe willing/prepared/happy/ready to admit somethingShe was willing to admit that she’d made a mistake.
be ashamed/loath to admit somethingHe was ashamed to admit that he had lied to her.
I must admit something (=used when saying that you admit that something is true)I must admit I hate camping.
I hate to admit it but …I hate to admit it but it looks like we’ve failed.
be the first to admit somethingI know I’m lazy – I’m the first to admit it!
I don’t mind admitting somethingI’m scared and I don’t mind admitting it.
THESAURUSadmit something is true 承认某事属实admit to agree unwillingly that something is true 〔不情愿地〕承认He admitted that the company was having financial difficulties. 他承认公司遇到了财务困难。
I must admit I was disappointed by their reaction. 我必须承认我对他们的反应感到失望。
concede formal to admit something in a discussion or argument 〔在讨论或争论中〕承认‘You may be right, ’ Bridget conceded. “你也许是对的。”布里奇特承认道。
It was a decision which he now concedes was incorrect. 那个决定他现在承认是错误的。
acknowledge /əkˈnɒlɪdʒ/ formal to say that something is true or that a situation exists 承认〔某事属实或某情况存在〕The report acknowledges that research on animals is not always a reliable guide when it comes to humans. 报告承认,根据在动物身上进行的研究来判断人类并不一定可靠。
nThey do not want to acknowledge the fact that things have changed.
confess to admit something that you feel embarrassed or ashamed about 承认〔尴尬或羞愧的事〕Bradley confessed that he struggled to finish the race. 布拉德利承认他是挣扎着完成比赛的。
I must confess I don’t like his wife at all. 我必须承认我一点都不喜欢他的妻子。
Granted/I grant you formal spoken used when admitting that something is true, although you do not think it makes much difference to the main point. Granted is usually used at the beginning of a sentence, or on its own 不错/我承认〔granted常用于句首,或单独使用〕She has a lot of experience, I grant you, but she’s not good at managing people. 不错,她经验丰富,但管人不行。
Granted he did play well in the last game, but generally his form hasn't been very good recently. 不错,他上一场比赛确实打得很好,但总的来说他最近的状态不太好。
admit you have done something wrong 承认过错admit to say that you have done something wrong, especially something criminal 承认〔过错,尤指罪行〕He admitted charges of theft and false accounting. 他承认了盗窃和做假账的指控。
Bennett admitted killing his wife. 贝内特承认杀了妻子。
confess to tell the police or someone in authority that you have done something bad, especially when they have persuaded you to do this 〔向警方或当局〕坦白,招认He finally confessed that he had stolen the money. 他最后承认他偷了钱。
They told him that if he confessed he would get a lighter sentence. 他们告诉他,如果他招供会被从轻量刑。
own up to admit that you have done something wrong, usually something that is not very serious. Own up is more informal than admit or confess 承认〔犯错,常指小错。own up没有admit和confess正式〕He owned up to the mistake straight away. 他马上承认了错误。
fess up informal to admit that you have done something wrong that is not very serious 承认〔犯了不太严重的错〕Come on, fess up! Where were you last night? 好了,老实交代,你昨晚在哪儿?
come clean informal to finally admit something bad that you have been trying to hide 全盘托出,招供They want the government to come clean on where all the money has gone. 他们要求政府说明白钱都到哪儿去了。