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admit

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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 deny
admit 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, admission
admit 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。
 Register
In 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。
Examples from the Corpus
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
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
n GRAMMAR: Comparison
admit
You 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.
confess
You 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 COLLOCATIONS
verbs
refuse to admit something
He refused to admit that it was his fault.
be forced to admit something
The government was forced to admit that the policy had never really worked.
somebody has to admit something
In the end, he had to admit I was right.
adverbs
freely/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.
phrases
be willing/prepared/happy/ready to admit something
She was willing to admit that she’d made a mistake.
be ashamed/loath to admit something
He 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 something
I know I’m lazy – I’m the first to admit it!
I don’t mind admitting something
I’m scared and I don’t mind admitting it.
 THESAURUS
admit 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。
Examples from the Corpus
admit• "Well, I suppose there is some truth in what you say, " she admitted.• Tickets are $ 10, available at the door, with children under age 12 not admitted.• Children under 17 will not be admitted.• Richard Maldonado admitted accepting bribes.• There I was admitted by the butler, of all people.• Blake finally admitted he had stolen the money.• Admit it! You lied to me!• You were wrong, weren't you? Come on, admit it!• The hospital refused to admit liability for the deaths of the two young children.• They refused to admit Paul to the performance because of what he was wearing.• Maggie asked the nurses to find a doctor who would admit Roy, but they didn't call anyone.• In the end he had to admit that I was right.• Rachel admitted that she had made a mistake.• You may not like her, but you have to admit that she's good at her job.• Characteristic is a reluctance to admit the quantity consumed, drinking secretly alone, and taking gradually increasing amounts.• After the death of Asbury, the Methodists in 1816 adopted a report that admitted they were powerless to abolish the evil.• I would have admitted to murder to keep her out of it.• He admits to stealing the car.• In the past, some countries refused to admit travelers who had South African visas.• I will accept your tequila, but not until after you have admitted your wrongs.
admit (that)• But the Phillips pick was a bigger risk than the football world likes to admit.• That mythical policeman whom your Major saw for just one second, as he admitted?• This suggests to Ishmael that the entire universe is more closely interrelated than man has yet admitted.• Tranmere Rovers manager John Aldridge has been fined after admitting misconduct.• You may not like Joan, but you have to admit that she's good at her job.• New chairman, Tory councillor Keith Bland admitted that the council had made mistakes.• Even Packard admitted to himself that the unusual wildflower must have been a fluke, or misidentified.• Shortly before his third birthday, Andrew was admitted to the same country hospital in which he had been born.
admit to (doing) something• Or, he could do the tough thing, which is admit to a problem and get some help.• He admitted to smuggling 20 tons of cocaine and pinned Noriega to the shipments.• Mrs Moon said she did not want her husband to admit to something he did not do.• Samuel admitted to the burglaries but not to the robbery.• Even our die-hard Communist friends admit to the existence of small-scale scams under the old system.• That evening, as a cold rain began to fall, we were the last family admitted to the receiving camp.• In Congress, proposed legislation would: Slash the number of refugees and immigrants admitted to the United States.
admit somebody to/into something• Only members will be admitted to the club for tonight's performance.• Twenty-five students were admitted to the National Honor Society in a ceremony yesterday.
be admitted to hospital• Not everyone needed to be admitted to hospital.• A 72 year old man with ischaemic heart disease and poor ventricular function was admitted to hospital after collapsing at home.• My mental health has deteriorated to such an extent that I had to be admitted to hospital and am currently on sedation.• She was admitted to hospital and the baby was induced because the doctors feared both Esther and the baby were in danger.• He was admitted to hospital earlier this week after showing no signs of recovery.• If you are admitted to hospital for in-patient treatment, your allowance can continue for up to twelve weeks.• She was admitted to hospital in September, 1991, because of fever, productive cough, and weakness.• She was admitted to hospital on 21 January because of a productive cough and mild dyspnoea which had appeared four days earlier.
From Longman Business Dictionary
admitad·mit /ədˈmɪt/ verb (admitted, admitting) [transitiveT]
1to allow someone to enter a place or become a member of a group, organization, school etc
admit somebody/something to something
Both republics are now hoping to be admitted to the IMF.
2admit liability to accept legal liability for something
The multinational has now admitted liability for its negligence.
Origin admit
(1300-1400) Latin admittere, from ad- “to” + mittere “to send”
ad·mit verb →n GRAMMAR1 →REGISTER1
→n COLLOCATIONS1 →THESAURUS1
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