admit(动词):承认(事实、错误等);准许进入/加入;(较少见)表示“容许、允许(某种可能性存在)”。常见搭配:admit (that)...,admit to (doing) sth。
/ədˈmɪt/
I admit I was wrong.
我承认我错了。
After reviewing the evidence, she admitted that the decision had been rushed, though she insisted her intentions were good.
在审查证据后,她承认这个决定做得太仓促,不过她坚持自己的初衷是好的。
来自拉丁语 admittere,由 *ad-*(向、朝向)+ mittere(送、放出、让……去)构成,原义有“让……进入、放行”。后来引申为“准许进入/接纳”,再进一步发展出“(让某事进入话语/意识)承认”的意思。