concede
/kənˈsiːd/verb
1
- reporting verb admit or agree that something is true or valid after first denying or resisting it（不情愿地）承认（或同意）…为事实（或正确）：
with clause I had to concede that I'd overreacted我不得不承认我反应过激了
with direct speech 'All right then, ' she conceded“那好吧,"她勉强同意道
with obj. that principle now seems to have been conceded.那条原则现在似乎已被承认了。
1.1
- with obj. admit (defeat) in a match or contest（比赛、竞赛中）认（输）; 承认（失败）：
he conceded defeat
他认输了
no obj. reluctantly, Ellen conceded.埃伦不情愿地认输了。
1.2
- with obj. admit defeat in (a match or contest)承认（比赛, 竞赛）失败：
they conceded the match to their opponents.
他们承认在比赛中对手获胜。
2
- with obj. surrender or yield (something that one possesses)放弃, 让与, 拱手让出（所有物）：
in 475 the emperor conceded the Auvergne to Euric.
公元475年, 皇帝把奥弗涅地区拱手让给了尤里克。
2.1
- grant (a right, privilege, or demand)给予, 赋予（权利, 特权）; 准予, 满足（要求）：
their rights to redress of grievances were conceded once more.
他们洗刷冤屈的正当要求再度得到了满足。
2.2
- (in sport) fail to prevent the scoring of (a goal or point) by an opponent（在体育比赛中）不能阻止对方（进球, 得分）, 失（球, 分）：
they have conceded only one goal in seven matches.
他们在7场比赛中仅失1球。
2.3
- allow (a lead or advantage) to slip失去（领先地位, 优势）：
he took an early lead which he never conceded.
他一开始就领先, 一直没有失去优势。
派生词
conceder
noun词源
late 15th cent.: from French concéder or Latin concedere, from con- 'completely'+cedere 'yield'.