0 to agree that something is true, especially unwillingly:
[ + (that) ] She admitted (that) she had made a mistake.
[ + -ing verb ] She admitted making a mistake.
At first he denied stealing the money but he later admitted (to) it.
[ + to infinitive ] The new law was generally admitted to be difficult to enforce.
After several attempts to untie the knot, I admitted defeat and cut through it with a knife.
2 to recognize or accept something as true:
[ + (that) clause ] She admitted (that) she had made a mistake.
4 to say that you have done something dishonest or have not succeeded in doing something:
"We need to do more to attract the younger end of the market," the Chairman admitted.
It can be difficult to admit mistakes in front of colleagues who may be competitors for the next promotion.
admit to sth Three suspects admitted to the fraud scheme during a series of interviews with federal agents.
admit (that) British Airways admitted last week that the credit market downturn was affecting business travel.
admit doing sth In court, she admitted receiving almost $1 million as "consulting fees".
admit guilt/failure/defeat The company received a discount on its fine because it admitted its guilt.
admit a charge/offence/allegation Several firms have been forced to admit charges of paying illegal bonuses to employees.
5 to admit that you are legally responsible for something that has harmed someone:
As part of the agreement, the chairman and his affiliates do not admit any liability or wrongdoing.
6 to officially give permission for a person, company, or country to join a large organization:
7 to officially give permission for someone to attend a meeting or other event:
8 if a court of law admits evidence or admits something as evidence, it allows something to be used to decide whether someone is guilty of a crime:
Prosecutors asked the court to admit the recordings as evidence.
I was too embarrassed to admit that I was scared.
She grudgingly admitted that she had been wrong to criticize him.
The gang admitted they had committed four recent bank robberies.
It may be that the ministers know more than they are admitting at the moment.
However, our formulation generalizes the standard learning rule (10) in a way that admits heterogeneous learning and still permits us to obtain formal results.
Seventy-eight per cent admitted that they would be more empathetic towards patients, with greater sensitivity to their psychological distress, in the future.
This case admits a specially simple normal form in which the low degree terms of the normal form can be replaced by coordinate functions.
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接受, (尤指不情願地)承認, 供認…
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接受, (尤指不情愿地)承认, 供认…
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admitir, confesar…
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reconhecer, admitir…
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(罪などを)認める, (~であると)自白する, ~の入場を許可する…
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itiraf etmek, kabul etmek, hastayı kabul etmek…
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admettre, reconnaître, avouer…
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