admit
UK/əd'mɪt/US/әd'mit/
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释义
v.
To confess or acknowledge something as true, often reluctantly
承认，供认
v.
To allow someone to enter or to join an institution
准许进入；接纳，录取
词根拆分
原生英语ad-（向）+ mit（放走）="让进来"。字面义是让人进来——admit a patient（收治病人）、admitted to college（被大学录取）。比喻义沿用同一意象：当你 admit a fact，是放一个真相穿过你的防线进来、不再把它挡在外面。承认，不过是给一件你本想拒之门外的事开了门。
词根 miss 还连着 88 个词常用搭配
- 1.admit guilt承认有罪
- 2.admit defeat认输
例句
- 1.
He finally admitted that he had made a mistake.
他终于承认自己犯了错误。
- 2.
Children under five are admitted free.
五岁以下儿童免费入场。
- 3.
She was admitted to the hospital late last night.
她昨晚很晚被送进了医院。
易混词辨析
admit 与 confess：都表示承认，但 confess 更强烈、更正式，用于严重的过错或罪行（confess to a murder 供认谋杀）。你可以 admit 一个小过失（I admit I was wrong），而不必带上 confess 的分量。