admit和concede的区别?
acknowledge,admit,own,avow,confess,concede
These verbs mean to make a disclosure, usually with reluctance or under pressure.
这些动词都表示不情愿或在压力之下揭示真相。
Acknowledge is to accept responsibility for something one makes known:
Acknowledge 表示承担使某事公开的责任
Admit usually implies marked reluctance in acknowledging one's acts or accepting a different point of view:
Admit 常常暗含不情愿承认某人的行为或接受不同的观点
Own stresses personal acceptance of and responsibility for one's thoughts or deeds:
Own 强调对某人的思想和行为的个人接受或个人责任
Avow, a strong term, means to assert openly and boldly:
Avow, 一带强烈意义的词,表示公开大胆地宣扬
Confess usually emphasizes disclosure of something damaging or inconvenient to oneself:
Confess 通常指揭露对某人不利或有损坏的事
Concede is to admit something, such as the validity of an argument, often against one's will:
Concede 指确认论点的有效性等事,通常是指违背某人意愿的