concede过去式

1. 让步，退让
2. 让与，让给，出让，给予，授予
3. 容许，允许
4. 承认（失败）， 勉强承认
5. 放弃赢得...的希望
6. 【体】失（局）
7. 公认，确认
8. 认以为真

1.(勉强)承认，承认…属实
If youconcede something, you admit, often unwillingly, that it is true or correct.

e.g. Bess finally conceded that Nancy was right...
贝丝最终承认了南希是对的。
e.g. 'Well,' he conceded, 'I do sometimes mumble a bit.'...
“嗯，”他承认道，“我有时候说话的确有点吐字不清。”

2.赋予，授予(权利、)
If youconcede somethingto someone, you allow them to have it as a right or privilege.

e.g. The government conceded the right to establish independent trade unions...
承认建立工会的权利。
e.g. Facing total defeat in Vietnam, the French subsequently conceded full independence to Laos.
法国人在越南面临彻底的失败后，接着又让老挝取得了完全的。

3.让给;让与
If youconcede something, you give it to the person who has been trying to get it from you.

e.g. A strike by some ten thousand bank employees has ended after the government conceded some of their demands.
答应了他们的一些要求后，大约有一万名银行员工参加的罢工结束了。

4.(在体育运动中)未能阻止(对方进球或得分)
In sport, if youconcede goals or points, you are unable to prevent your opponent from scoring them.

e.g. They conceded four goals to Leeds United...
他们被利兹联队攻进4个球。
e.g. Luton conceded a free kick on the edge of the penalty area.
卢顿未能在罚球区的边缘截住对方的任意球。

5.认输;承认失败
If youconcede a game, contest, or argument, you end it by admitting that you can no longer win.

e.g. Reiner, 56, has all but conceded the race to his rival...
56岁的赖纳在比赛中几乎已经向对手认输了。
e.g. Alain Prost finished third and virtually conceded the world championship.
阿兰·普罗斯特以第三名的成绩结束比赛，实际上已经将世界冠军的位置拱手让人。

6.承认(失败);认(输)
If youconcede defeat, you accept that you have lost a struggle.

e.g. Airtours conceded defeat in its attempt to take control of holiday industry rival Owners Abroad...
空中旅游公司承认其对度假服务行业竞争对手海外业主旅行社的控股企图以失败告终。
e.g. He happily conceded the election.
他欣然接受了选举的失败。

1. 认可：在对原argument合理之处进行必要认可(concede)的同时,指出通过更为细致的因果关系的确立(the establishment of causal relationship),原argument可得到改进的几个方面.

2. 承认：complain 抱怨说 |concede承认 | conclude 断定;下结论

3. 让步,承认：concave 凹的 |concede 让步,承认 | conceit 自负

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4. 妥协：cede 走 |concede妥协 | recede 后退 rip(撕裂)

• concede one's attention集中注意力
• concede one's efforts把某人的努力集中于某事上
• concede one's energies on集中精力
• concede one's mind专心
• concede rays of light聚光
• concede right to sb把权利让给某人
• concede some of their land割让土地给敌人
• concede soup煮汤
• concede one's thoughts集中思想

• concede apologetically容许别人表示歉意
• concede completely完全遵从
• concede finally最终承认
• concede frankly坦白承认
• concede freely从容承认
• concede generally普遍承认
• concede gently老实承认
• concede tactfully机智地承认
• concede tamely顺从地承认

• concede in argument在辩论中让步
• concede sth into a focus把…聚成焦点
• concede on专心于,集中在
• concede to sb's demands对某人的要求让步

• The law itself was not conceded to have been unjust.

  出自：J. Gilbert

• Conceding, for a moment, that there is any analogy between a bee and a man.

  出自：Dickens

• Her claim to figure was questioned, but she was conceded presence.

  出自：H. James

• If you'll concede the necessity of going to school.

  出自：Harper Lee

• Government and industry will have to concede that workers have a part to play in the management of the economy.

  出自：T. Benn

concede, accord, award, grant, vouchsafe

这组词的共同意思是尽责任、义务或施恩而给、送。其区别是：

accord指给予某人应得的或与其身份、地位相符的利益、尊重等; award指授予、判予,所给予的物品应是应得的或值得的,而给予者常被看成是公正的; concede多指因外在压力迫使而给予或授予; grant指出于同情、正义感或要求而给予,多用于上级给下级或长辈给晚辈等; vouchsafe则指地位高的人仁慈地给予地位低的人所乞求的东西,有时用作反语。

concede, allow, grant

这组词都可表示“允许”“赞同”。它们之间的区别是:grant强调为了说明问题或把注意力集中在要点上而主动应允某事或承认某事属实; concede指在对方提出有力证据的前后勉强承认; allow指权威地承认某事属实、符合逻辑或有道理。

acknowledge，admit，confess，recognize，concede

这些动词均含“承认”之意。

acknowledge通常指公开承认某事的真实情况或自己的过错。

admit强调因外力或良心驱使或经判断而明确承认，多含不情愿或被迫意味。

confess语气较强，着重承认自己意识到的错误或罪行，含坦白忏悔的意味。

recognize作“承认”解时，系书面用词，主要指合法的或外交上的承认，也指公认。

concede指在事实与证据面前勉强或不得不承认。