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单词 concessive
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concessive

adjective
/kənˈsesɪv/
/kənˈsesɪv/
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  1. (of a preposition or conjunction) used at the beginning of a clause to say that the action of the main clause is in fact true or possible, despite the situation. Despite and although are concessive words.
    Word Originearly 18th cent.: from late Latin concessivus, from concess- ‘withdrawn, yielded’, from the verb concedere, from con- ‘completely’ + cedere ‘yield’.
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