concede

v.承认

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
concede (verb)
transitive verb
1.
to grant as a right or privilege
2.
a) to accept as true, valid, or accurate - the right of the state to tax is generally conceded
b) (1) to acknowledge or hesitantly - grudgingly conceded that it might be a good idea
intransitive verb
(2) to relinquish grudgingly or hesitantly - concede power to make - concession yield grant
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
concede (verb)
1.
to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly
SYNONYMS:
acknowledge, agree, allow, concede, confess, fess (up), grant, own (up to)
RELATED WORDS:
disburden, unburden, unload; affirm, avow, confirm, profess; accept, recognize, yield; announce, break, broadcast, communicate, declare, disclose, divulge, impart, proclaim, publish, reveal, spill, tell, unveil; betray, blab, expose, give away, inform, leak, rat, squeal, talk, tattle, tip (off), warn, wise (up); breathe, say, whisper
NEAR ANTONYMS:
disallow, disavow, disclaim, disown; contradict, dispute, gainsay, negate, negative; rebut, refute, reject, repudiate; conceal, cover (up), hide, obscure, veil; kid (oneself)
deny
concede (verb)
2.
to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)
SYNONYMS:
blink, bow, budge, capitulate, concede, give in, knuckle under, quit, relent, submit, succumb, surrender
RELATED WORDS:
acquiesce; defer
NEAR ANTONYMS:
contend, fight, hold off; battle, breast, combat, confront, counter, defy, face, meet, object, oppose, repel; thwart, withstand
resist
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