admit
/ədˈmɪt/- reporting verb confess to be true or to be the case, typically with reluctance（尤指不情愿地）承认：
with clause the Home Office finally admitted that several prisoners had been injured内政部终于承认有一些囚犯受伤了
I have to admit I was relieved when he went
我不得不承认, 他一走, 我松了口气
with direct speech 'I am feeling pretty tired, ' Jane admitted“我是感到很累,"简承认
with obj. she admitted her terror of physical contact.她承认害怕身体接触。
- with obj. confess to (a crime or fault, or one's responsibility for it)承认（罪行、错误或其责任）：
he was sentenced to prison after admitting 47 charges of burglary
他承认了47项入室行窃的指控后被判入狱
no obj. the paramilitaries admitted to the illegal possession of arms.准军事组织成员承认非法拥有武器。
- with obj. acknowledge (a failure or fault)承认（失败, 过错）：
after searching for an hour, she finally had to admit defeat
经过一个小时的搜索, 她最终不得不承认失败
no obj. he readily admits to being something of a tearaway.他爽快地承认自己行事有些鲁莽。
- with obj. allow (someone) to enter a place允许…进入, 准许…进入：
old-age pensioners are admitted free to the museum.
拿养老金的老年人可免费进入博物馆。
- (of a ticket) give (someone) the right to enter a place（票）使有权进入：
the voucher admits up to four people to the theme park.
此券可允许多至四人进入主题公园。
- carry out the procedures necessary for (someone) to be received into hospital for treatment为…办理入院手续：
she was admitted to hospital suffering from a chest infection.
她因胸腔感染而入院治疗。
- allow (a person, country, or organization) to join an organization or group允许（某人, 国家, 组织）加入：
Canada was admitted to the League of Nations.
加拿大获准加入国际联盟。
- allow (someone) to share in a privilege允许…分享特权：
he was admitted to the freedom of the city in 1583.
1583年他获得自由出入该市的特权。
- accept as valid承认…有效：
the courts can refuse to admit police evidence which has been illegally obtained.
法庭可以拒绝承认警方非法获得的证据。
- no obj.
admit of
allow the possibility of容许有： the need to inform him was too urgent to admit of further delay.
必须立刻通知他, 刻不容缓。