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单词 admit
释义 ad·mit
\ədˈmit also ad-; usu -id.+V\ verb
(admitted ; admitted ; admitting ; admits)
Etymology: Middle English admitten, from Latin admittere, from ad- + mittere to send — more at smite
transitive verb
1.
 a. : permit
  < the geological vocabulary admits a less satisfactory treatment than does that of some of the other sciences — T.H.Savory >
 b. : to accept as true or valid : acknowledge
  < Brunel was compelled to admit failure — O.S.Nock >
  < admitting the possibility that the bomb might wipe out civilization — Current Biography >
  < a reluctance to admit any of the ample evidence — J.G.Cozzens >
  < another troublesome problem was settling a date after which no evidence would be admitted — W.O.Aydelotte >
  — compare admission 2a
2. : to allow entry (as to a place, membership, or privilege)
 < this ticket admits one person >
 < he was admitted a fellow of the Royal Society — Ella Lonn >
— often used with to or into
 < he was admitted to the university >
 < admitted to candidacy >
 < states admitted to the Union >
intransitive verb
1. : to give entrance or access — used with to
 < a gate that admits to a yard >
2.
 a. : allow, permit — often used with of
  < indeterminate situations which admit of answers — J.J.O'Connor >
  < many crucial dilemmas simply do not admit of analysis on one page — Dorothy Fosdick >
 b. : to make acknowledgment — used with to
  < they dare not publicly admit to these doubts — Hessell Tiltman >
Synonyms: see acknowledge, receive
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