- 1.
(不情愿地)承认;供认 -
• The soldiers refused to admit defeat. 士兵们不肯承认失败。 -
• The thief had to admit stealing the gold watch. 小偷不得不承认偷了金表。 -
• We must admit the work to be difficult. 我们必须承认这项工作很困难。 -
• He finally admitted himself beaten. 他终于承认自己被打败了。 -
• You must admit that she was right. 你必须承认,她是对的。 - 2.
接纳,容许进入(某地、某范畴),容许享受(某种特权) -
• Jane was admitted to the bar. 简取得了律师资格。 -
• be admitted to (the) hospital 因生病而被送进医院 - 3.
容纳 -
• The stadium admits 5,000 people. 这个体育场可容纳5,000人。 - 4.
(认为真实、合法而)接受,确认 -
• admit evidence (判定有效而)接受证据
- 1.
承认 -
• They admit to having taken time off when they were not ill. 他们承认装病请假。 -
• Mary admits to the age of forty. 玛丽承认她已经40岁了。 - 2.
容许;有…的余地 -
• The current situation does not admit of this. 当前情况不容许如此。 - 3.
通往,开向 -
• The road admits to the Great Wall Hotel. 这条路通往长城饭店。
用法说明
admit
1. admit 与acknowledge的含义较接近,都作“承认”解,但表示“虽不愿意却不得不承认(某一事实)”,承认的原因可能是与外界的压力有关,也可能是出于理智的考虑,例如:
They had to admit that.他们不得不承认那一点。
而 acknowledge则不含此义。
2. admit有时用于插入语中,表示“承认”,但语气较弱。
What he said at the meeting, I admit, is quite true.我承认,他在会上所说的确是真的。