An inelegant phrase, it must be admitted, but once I had reassured them they were not responsible for the breakage, I think they got the picture.

必须承认这个短句用得并不很漂亮，但是当我向他们保证他们无须对此负责时，我想他们还是能明白我的意思的。

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I guess, "Ace admitted." But I wanted to keep at it, for the family 's sake.

“我也是这么想的，”埃斯承认，“但为了这个家，我还想继续干下去。”

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I also admitted that I had asked to be accepted in the ROTC program because it was the only way I could possibly, but not positively, avoid both Vietnam and resistance.

我还承认，自己之所以要求被接纳到后备役军官训练军团，是因为这是惟一一个两全其美的方法，既可能(但并不一定)让我逃避去越南战场，而且也算是服了兵役。

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"At first, I thought it was incongruous, " admitted Harold Terens, a computer software manufacturer from nearby Hewlett.

CNN: Showbuzz

"I should have caught it, " admitted Colin Flintoff, who still plays club cricket near Preston in Lancashire.

BBC: Flintoff dropped by his dad

When I asked her about it, she admitted that just getting out of bed in the morning was an ordeal.

NEWYORKER: Big Med