| 单词 | admit |
| 释义 | admit (once / 41 pages) 1v 2v When you admit something, you confess that it happened. It wasn't easy to admit that you'd broken the vase, but how else could you explain that your hand was glued to it? Besides meaning "confess," admit can also mean "let in," like a theater ticket that says "ADMIT ONE." If you admit that you have a bag of popcorn hidden in your backpack, you might not be admitted to the movie. A doorway admits you into a room, and if a room can hold up to 50 people, that room admits 50. You can even use admit for metaphorical entrances, like the way your wild style admits you into high fashion circles. WORD FAMILYadmit: admission, admissive, admits, admittable, admittance, admitted, admitting, readmit+/admission: admissions/admissive: admissively/admittance: admittances/admitted: admittedly/readmission: readmissions/readmit: readmission, readmits, readmitted, readmitting USAGE EXAMPLES“They really admit that by repealing the Affordable Care Act, it will increase costs,” Mrs. Pelosi said. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Ted Leonsis, who owns both teams, admitted to as much before the Wizards played their home opener. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) When Martin stomped in, he admitted that he’d driven to his paternal grandfather’s lake house and seen Noah there. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1v declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of He admitted his errors Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper acknowledge deny declare untrue; contradict attorn acknowledge a new land owner as one's landlord write offconcede the loss or worthlessness of something or somebody make no bones aboutacknowledge freely and openly sustainadmit as valid concede, confess, professadmit (to a wrongdoing) confessconfess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith confess, fink, squealconfess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure avouch, avowadmit openly and bluntly; make no bones about fess up, make a clean breast of, own upadmit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error adjudge, declare, hold declare to be 2v afford possibility 2This problem admits of no solution Syn allow allow, allow for, leave, provide make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain 1v allow to enter; grant entry to We cannot admit non-members into our club building This pipe admits air Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper allow in, intromit, let in refuse, reject, turn away, turn down refuse entrance or membership disdain, freeze off, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, spurn, turn downreject with contempt repatriate admit back into the country readmitadmit anew allow, countenance, let, permit consent to, give permission 2v serve as a means of entrance This ticket will admit one adult to the show Syn|Hyper allow in, intromit, let in allow to enter; grant entry to do, serve spend time in prison or in a labor camp 3v give access or entrance to The French doors admit onto the yard 4v allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of admit someone to the profession She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper include, let in accept, take, take on admit into a group or community exclude, keep out, shut, shut out prevent from entering; shut out induct, initiate accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite readmitadmit again or anew involveengage as a participant drag, drag in, embroil, sweep, sweep up, tangleforce into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action entangle, mireentrap allow, countenance, let, permit consent to, give permission 5v admit into a group or community We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member Syn|Hypo|Hyper accept, take, take on include, let in allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of profess receive into a religious order or congregation accept, have, take receive willingly something given or offered 6v have room for; hold without crowding The theater admits 300 people Syn|Hypo accommodate, hold contain, hold, take be capable of holding or containing sleep be able to accommodate for sleeping housecontain or cover seatbe able to seat |
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