The question was a tacit admission that a mistake had indeed been made.

这个问题等于默认确实已犯了错误。

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They may have been a great electronic baby sitter, but the unusual refunds appear to be a tacit admission that they did not increase infant intellect.

或许它们是很好的电子玩伴，但这不寻常的退款好像默认了它们没有为婴儿提升智力。

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The lack of middle-class income growth during that span is "the defining issue of our time," Mr. Summers has said, in a tacit admission that liberals were ahead of him on this issue.

萨默斯表示，在这段时期，中产阶级收入增长的缺失是“我们这个时代最重要的议题，”这事实上是承认，自由派在这个议题上要更胜他一筹。

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In a tacit admission of defeat, the company is divesting its used-car and rental-car operations.

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The tacit admission that the current law was flawed will win him some friends.

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It was a tacit admission that the government's efforts so far have failed to stabilize the company.

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