【concede】 - A-level备考词汇

concede

UK:  [kən'siːd]

US:  [kən'sid]

过去分词：conceded  现在分词：conceding  第三人称单数：concedes  

v.

1.承认;让于

2.摊牌承认

3.(勉强)承认

4.承认;公认

5.让步

6.认输

7.让与,放弃赢得…的希望

8.认可,答应

9.输掉

10.〔俚语〕【体育】失(局)

1 . The economic evidence might be shifting against them, but the yuan's main critics in Washington aren't ready to concede defeat.
也许经济方面的证据变得对华盛顿主要的人民币汇率批评人士越来越不利，但他们绝不会轻易认输。

2 . Unless Rubin could come up with a breakthrough Android phone, and quick, he might have to concede the entire business to Steve Jobs.
除非鲁宾尽快用一款突破性的Android手机迎头赶上，他恐怕只能将整个产业拱手相让给斯蒂夫·乔布斯。

3 . His parents tried to get him to concede that he was a little boy born in a hospital, but he would become grave and refuse.
他的父母想要让他承认，他只不过是一个在医院里出生的小男孩，不过他总是会一本正经地加以否认。

4 . Meanwhile, the terrorist organization, EAT, is provoking violent revolution, trying to force the governments of Spain and France to concede.
而活跃于巴斯克地区的恐怖组织—艾塔，一方面策动恐怖行动进行暴力革命，从而胁迫西班牙和法国政府让步；

5 . Officials probably worried that if they did not concede the point, the political-reform package might be rejected by Legco.
官员们大概担忧的是，如果他们没有在这点上让步，那么政治改革的法案也可能被议会驳回。