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一、詳細釋義：

v.

（勉強）承認 [T]

例句：

We had to concede the mayor"s incorruptible honesty.

我們不得不承認市長的清白、誠實。

例句：

I"ll concede you are not as bigoted as some

我承認你不像有些人那么頑固。

賦予，授予，容許 [T]

例句：

Are you willing to concede the right to us?

你愿意把權利讓給我們嗎？

例句：

They conceded us the right to cross their land.

他們容許我們在他們的土地上有過路權。

認輸，承認失敗 [I,T]

例句：

The government was forced to concede defeat .

政府被迫承認失敗。

例句：

The candidate conceded that he had lost the election.

這位候選人承認他已經在競選中失敗。

讓給，讓與，讓步 [I]

例句：

Decide which points you"ll concede and on which you"ll stand firm.

商定在哪些情況下你們可以讓步，哪些情況下需站穩立。

例句：

A strike by some ten thousand bank employees has ended after the government conceded some of their demands.

政府答應了他們的一些要求后，大約有一萬名銀行員工參加的罷工結束了。

未能阻止（對方進球或得分） [T]

例句：

They conceded four goals to Leeds United.

他們被利茲聯隊攻進4個球。

例句：

Luton conceded a free kick on the edge of the penalty area.

盧頓未能在罰球區的邊緣截住對方的任意球。

二、詞義辨析：

acknowledge,admit,confess,recognize,concede

這些動詞均含“承認”之意。acknowledge通常指公開承認某事的真實情況或自己的過錯。 admit強調因外力或良心驅使或經判斷而明確承認，多含不情愿或被迫意味。confess語氣較強，著重承認自己意識到的錯誤或罪行，含坦白懺悔的意味。recognize作“承認”解時，系書面用詞，主要指合法的或外交上的承認，也指公認。concede指在事實與證據面前勉強或不得不承認。

三、參考例句：

I concede that you are right.

我承認你是對的。

The government was forced to concede defeat .

政府被迫承認失敗。

Injury forced her to concede defeat.

傷病迫使她認輸。

You must concede that I have tried my best.

你必須承認我已經盡力了。

We had to concede the mayor"s incorruptible honesty.

我們不得不承認市長的清白、誠實。

I"ll concede you are not as bigoted as some.

我承認你不象有些人那么頑固。

But we must not concede too much under this head.

但我們決不能認為全部答案就在于此。

I"ll concede you are not as bigoted as some

我承認你不象有些人那么頑固。

I was forced to concede that she might be right.

我不得不承認可能是她對。

Even exercise professionals concede half a point here.

甚至運動專家都不得不承認這有一定的道理。