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conceding

/kuhn-seed/US // kənˈsid //UK // (kənˈsiːd) //

认输,认输的,承认,认罪

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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    con·ced·ed, con·ced·ing.

    • : to acknowledge as true, just, or proper; admit: He finally conceded that she was right.
    • : to acknowledge before it is officially established: to concede an election before all the votes are counted.
    • : to grant as a right or privilege; yield: to concede a longer vacation for all employees.
v.无主动词 verb
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    con·ced·ed, con·ced·ing.

    • : to make a concession; yield to pressure or circumstances; admit defeat: She was so persistent that I conceded at last.My favorite candidate conceded before the polls were even closed!

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbacknowledge, give in

Examples

  • To put that number in perspective, Liverpool conceded just 22 goals during the entire 2018-19 season.

  • She later conceded that she had not anticipated the struggles that awaited them.

  • One Homeland Security official called it “another Tuesday on the internet,” but conceded there was still cause for concern in the election aftermath.

  • Makeshift lineups were largely responsible for conceding seven goals in the final two matches.

  • “It’s not the most normal time to be doing this,” he easily concedes, yet Fluker remains undaunted.

  • Democrats are already conceding that the Republicans will likely pick up seats in 2014.

  • As I anticipated, my “bridge proposal” was criticized by both sides for conceding too much to the other.

  • But after conceding that some gun reforms are OK, pivot back to areas of GOP strength: moral issues, family values.

  • The president has been criticized either for doing too little or conceding too much.

  • As of last night, Democrats were conceding the estate tax plus the higher exemption on tax rates, which had risen to $450,000.

  • The government would not act a weak part in conceding the abolition of the oath in the said cases.

  • Miss Stuart had the art of granting small favours and of holding out alluring hopes without really conceding anything.

  • Yet those Governments were not founded on consent, and there was no compact conceding the right of secession.

  • Men are more and more feeling the necessity of conceding a validity and objectivity to the concepts of History.

  • Startling doctrine this to the slobbering vicegerent of God, conceding to the people acts to be revoked at his pleasure.