0 to admit, often unwillingly, that something is true -- （常指不情願地）承認
[ + (that) ] The government has conceded (that) the new tax policy has been a disaster. 政府承認新的稅收政策是徹底失敗的。
[ + speech ] "Well okay, perhaps I was a little hard on her," he conceded. 「好吧，也許我對她是有點苛刻，」他承認道。
He kept on arguing and wouldn't concede defeat. 他一直爭論不休，不願認輸。
She conceded even before all the votes had been counted. 選票還沒全部點算她就認輸了。
1 to allow someone to have something, even if you do not want to -- （不情願地）讓步，答應給，讓與
2 to fail to stop an opposing team or person from winning a point or game -- 沒能阻止對方進球（或得分）
She conceded defeat well before all the votes had been counted.
Hysen handled the ball and conceded the penalty that gave Manchester United the lead.
Clinton conceded, "We bit off more than we could chew in our original healthcare reform proposals."
He conceded that he had been a little harsh.
In addition, protestant- loyalist politics has always been a zero-sum activity: one either has a monopoly of power or concedes it to the opposition.
Such is not our intention or our mission, he modestly concedes.
Despite continued inflation such small increases in remuneration have been conceded only after many years of negotiation.
