concede
v
1 [Tn, Tf, Dn.n, Dn.pr]
~ sth (to sb) admit that sth is true, valid, proper, etc 承认某事属实、 有效、 合理等
concede a point (to sb) in an argument 在辩论中承认(某人的)某一点正确
concede defeat, ie admit that one has lost 承认失败
I was forced to concede that she might be right. 我不得不承认可能是她对.
It's certainly big, I'll concede you that. 那确实很大, 在这一点上我向你认输.
2 [Tn, Dn.pr]
~ sth (to sb) give sth away; allow (sb else) to have sth 将(某物)让出; 允许(他人)得到(某物)
We cannot concede any of our territory, ie allow another country to have it. 我们寸土不让(不让他国得到).
England conceded a goal (to their opponents) in the first minute. 英格兰队在第一分钟就输(给对方)一分.
3 [I, Tn] admit that one has lost (a game, an election, etc) 承认自己输掉(一局、 一次竞选等)
The chess-player conceded (the game) when he saw that his position was hopeless. 棋手一看出自己陷入绝境, 就承认(那局)输了. Cf 参看 concession 1.
Alf did this for over two years and his fellow dustmen kept his secret Alf's wife has never discovered that she married a dustman and she never will, for Alf has just found another job.