| 词汇 | concede |
| 释义 | concede verb uk /kənˈsiːd/ us /kənˈsiːd/ concedeverb (ADMIT)C2[ T ] to admit, often unwillingly, that something is true: （常指不情愿地）承认 [ + (that) ]The government has conceded (that) the new tax policy has been a disaster.政府承认新的税收政策是彻底失败的。 [ + speech ]"Well okay, perhaps I was a little hard on her," he conceded.“好吧，也许我对她是有点苛刻，”他承认道。 Related word concession(SOMETHING ALLOWED) to say that you are wrong confessRawlinson finally confessed to the robbery. own upCome on, own up - who's eaten the last sandwich? fess upFess up - you wanted to go to the cinema instead, didn't you? come cleanI decided to come clean about the broken vase. concedeShe did eventually concede that the instructions were not very clear. admitHe admitted that he had been wrong. [ I or T ] to admit that you have lost in a competition: 认输;承认（失败） He kept on arguing and wouldn't concede defeat.他一直争论个不停，不愿认输。 She conceded even before all the votes had been counted.选票还没全部统计出来她就认输了。 She conceded defeat well before all the votes had been counted. Hysen handled the ball and conceded the penalty that gave Manchester United the lead.海森控球犯规，给了曼联队一次罚球机会，使他们取得了领先。 Clinton conceded, "We bit off more than we could chew in our original healthcare reform proposals." He conceded that he had been a little harsh. Reluctantly she conceded that their idea was better. Admitting & confessing acknowledge something as something acknowledgedly acknowledgment admission of guilt admittedly avowedly breastbeating clean climb down come cleanidiom confess hand retraction self-admittedly self-confessed self-confessedly self-confession stand swallow your wordsidiom take something back You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Losing and being defeated concedeverb (GIVE AWAY)C2[ T ] to allow someone to have something, even if you do not want to: （不情愿地）让步，答应给，让与 The president is not expected to concede these reforms.估计总统不会同意这些改革。 He is not willing to concede any of his power/authority.他不愿交出自己的任何权力。 Britain conceded (= allowed) independence to India in 1947.英国在1947年承认印度独立。 Accepting & agreeing reluctantly accede to something acceptance acquiescence be resigned to somethingidiom bend to something bow down to someone cave in crack like it or lump itidiom peace philosophical resign yourself to something resignation resigned resignedly resort to something settle for something shoulder tolerate trade something off concede a goal/point to fail to stop an opposing team or person from winning a point or game: 没能阻止对方进球（或得分） The team conceded two goals (to the other side) in the first five minutes of the game.开赛后5分钟内，球队就送了（对方）两个球。 concede | American Dictionaryconcede verb us/kənˈsid/ to admit that something is true, or to allow something: [ + (that) clause ]Officials concede (that) the plan isn’t the best one. If you concede in a competition, you admit that you have lost: [ I/T ]She conceded (the election) yesterday. concede | Business Englishconcede verb uk /kənˈsiːd/us [ T ] to admit that something exists or is true, often unwillingly: concede thatThe chairman conceded that shareholders had been "impacted by the decline in market prices". The insurers ultimately conceded liability for repairing the damage to the car. [ T ] to give something to someone, or allow them to have it, especially when you are unwilling to do so: Local government has been forced to concede some of its authority to larger, regionally based, units. [ I or T ] to stop arguing, fighting, or competing against someone and admit that you have lost: After a recount of the votes, the candidate conceded defeat. Critics say he should have conceded right after the election. See also concession Examples of concedeconcede In addition, protestant- loyalist politics has always been a zero-sum activity: one either has a monopoly of power or concedes it to the opposition. Such is not our intention or our mission, he modestly concedes. Despite continued inflation such small increases in remuneration have been conceded only after many years of negotiation. Later, however, he conceded that this attempt had been unsuccessful, and his earlier rigorous separation of science and ideology misguided. In the case of temporal viewpoints this point will be easily conceded. With disarming but tough-minded modesty, he concedes his casualness of study, selective taste, and large areas of ignorance. The length of this experiment, he concedes, is difficult to measure, mainly because a free market never operates irrespective of other factors. He conceded nothing to the rules when he saw nothing coming from them. The right of a woman to retain her maiden name in marriage was not conceded until 1976. They require conceding in advance a common empirical experience of the matters at hand. Whilst the automation of this process remains only a distant possibility, it must be conceded that none of these techniques is directly usable as described. Finally, the ambiguous powers conceded in the donations left large areas of doubt that were to make political advancement by the popes difficult. In light of what we have conceded in the present section, we will not say that anymore. Wage cutting in the early 1930s appeared to be almost as competitive as the sporadic wage increases conceded between 1917 and 1919. Now is the crucial moment; we may be unable to control the territory, but this must not be conceded. See all examples of concede These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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