concede
concede
verb
conceder
noun
语源
verb
- [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度了。
[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。
■[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。
■[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。 - [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，皇帝把奥弗涅大地区拱手让给了尤里克。
■grant (a right, privilege, or demand)
给予，授予（权利，特权）；容许（要求），准予
the government conceded a key demand.
政府同意了一项关键性要求。
■(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（或得分），失（球，分）
they have conceded only one goal in seven matches.
他们在七场比赛中仅失1球。
■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。
conceder
noun
语源
- late 15th cent.: from French concéder or Latin concedere, from con- 'completely' + cedere 'yield'
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