admit
- IPA[ədˈmit]
美式
- confess to be true or to be the case, typically with reluctance；confess to (a crime or fault, or one's responsibility for it)
verb: admit, 3rd person present: admits, gerund or present participle: admitting, past tense: admitted, past participle: admitted
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. confess to be true or to be the case, typically with reluctance the office finally admitted that several prisoners had been injured “I am feeling pretty tired,” Jan admitted 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ confess to (a crime or fault, or one's responsibility for it) he was sentenced to prison after admitting 47 charges of burglary he had admitted to all seven charges against him 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ acknowledge (a failure or fault) after searching for an hour, she finally had to admit defeat he admits to having lied
- 2. allow (someone) to enter a place senior citizens are admitted free to the museum 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ receive (a patient) into a hospital for treatment she was admitted to the hospital suffering from a chest infection
- ▪ allow (a person, country, or organization) to join an organization or group Canada was admitted to the League of Nations
- ▪ allow (someone) to share in a privilege the doctrine held that only a chosen few were admitted to the covenant
- 3. accept as valid the courts can refuse to admit police evidence that has been illegally obtained
- 4. allow the possibility of the need to inform him was too urgent to admit of further delay
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- IPA[ədˈmɪt]
英式
- confess to be true or to be the case: the Home Office finally admitted that several prisoners had been injured ‘I am feeling pretty tired,’ Jane admitted
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