concede /kənˈsiːd/ CET4 TEM8 ( conceding, conceded, concedes )

• 1. 

  V-T If you concede something, you admit, often unwillingly, that it is true or correct. (常指不情愿地) 承认

  例：

  Bess finally conceded that Nancy was right.

  贝丝最终承认南希是对的。

  例：

  "Well," he conceded, "I do sometimes mumble a bit."

  “嗯，”他承认道，“我有时说话确实有点儿含糊。”

• 2. 

  V-T If you concede something to someone, you allow them to have it as a right or privilege. 给予 (权利或特权)

  例：

  Poland's Communist government conceded the right to establish independent trade unions.

  波兰共产党政府给予了建立独立工会的权力。

• 3. 

  V-T If you concede something, you give it to the person who has been trying to get it from you. 让与

  例：

  The strike by bank employees ended after employers conceded some of their demands.

  银行雇员的罢工在雇主们答应了他们的一些要求之后停止了。

• 4. 

  V-T If you concede a game, contest, or argument, you end it by admitting that you can no longer win. (通过认输而) 使 (比赛、竞赛、争论等) 结束

  例：

  Reiner, 56, has all but conceded the race to his rival.

  56岁的赖纳差一点就向他的对手认输而使比赛结束。

• 5. 

  V-T If you concede defeat, you accept that you have lost a struggle. 承认 (失败)

  例：

  She has conceded defeat in her bid for the Democratic Party's nomination for governor.

  她已经承认自己在民主党州长提名竞选中失败。