admitting

admitting — 動詞

  • admittingpresent simple I / you / we / they
  • admittings3rd person singular
  • admittinging-ing form
  • admittingedpast simple

1. to say that you accept a fact is real or correct, even when doing so makes you f

1.動詞及物B1
釋義

承認

勉強承認某事為真

to say that you accept a fact is real or correct, even when doing so makes you feel awkward

例句

Nora admitted that she had forgotten to mail the rent cheque before the deadline.

Nora 承認自己忘了在截止日前寄出房租支票。

admit + that-clause for acknowledging a fact

After hours of questioning, the suspect finally admitted the mistake during the police interview.

經過數小時訊問，嫌犯終於在警局偵訊中承認了那個錯誤。

admit + noun phrase for conceding a specific point

同義詞
  • concede

    more formal; often used in arguments or debates when the speaker grants a point begrudgingly

  • acknowledge

    less emotional than admit; can be used for positive or neutral facts

  • confess

    stronger suggestion of wrongdoing or guilt; more dramatic register

反義詞
  • deny

    refuse to accept that something is true

文法句型

admit + that-clause

admit + noun/phrase

admit + gerund

admit to + gerund

用法筆記

Commonly takes a that-clause or a gerund. 'Admit to + gerund' is slightly more informal and often implies wrongdoing. Unlike 'confess', this sense does not require moral or legal guilt — simply unwelcome truth.

常見錯誤

❌He admitted to the police that he was tired.' (when meaning factual statement, not wrongdoing).
✅He told the police he was tired.
💡'Admit' is best for facts you are reluctant to say, not neutral statements.
❌I admit defeat that I was wrong.
✅I admit that I was wrong.
💡'Admit defeat' is a fixed phrase for giving up (sense 2); do not combine it with a that-clause.

2. to recognize that you cannot win a contest, solve a problem, or make a plan succ

2.動詞不及物B2
釋義

認輸

承認失敗而放棄

to recognize that you cannot win a contest, solve a problem, or make a plan succeed, and therefore stop trying

例句

After three gruelling hours of chess, Hiro finally admitted defeat with a heavy sigh.

Hiro 下了三個小時辛苦的西洋棋之後，終於嘆了一口氣認輸。

fixed phrase: admit defeat

Wei studied the chessboard for ten more minutes, then admitted defeat and tipped over his king.

Wei 對著棋盤苦想了十分鐘，最後認輸倒下自己的國王。

同義詞
  • concede

    more formal; conceding defeat implies a structured or public admission

  • surrender

    stronger and more emotional; suggests giving up control or power

反義詞
  • persist

    continue trying despite difficulty

文法句型

admit defeat

admit + that-clause (failure)

用法筆記

'Admit defeat' is a fixed collocation — do not insert an article (*admit the defeat). This sense is often intransitive (you admit defeat, or you admit that you cannot do something).

常見錯誤

❌He admitted the defeat gracefully.
✅He admitted defeat gracefully.
💡Do not add an article between 'admit' and 'defeat'.

3. to let a person go into a building, event, or enclosed area

3.動詞及物B1
釋義

准許進入

允許某人進入某處

to let a person go into a building, event, or enclosed area

例句

The security guard refused to admit late visitors after ten o'clock.

保全拒絕在十點過後讓遲到的訪客進入。

admit + noun + into + place

This weekend pass admits two adults and three children to the national dinosaur museum.

這張週末通行證可以讓兩名成人和三名兒童進入國立恐龍博物館。

同義詞
  • let in

    less formal; used for everyday situations like opening a door

反義詞
  • exclude

    keep someone out deliberately

  • bar

    officially prevent someone from entering

文法句型

admit + noun + to + place

be admitted to + place

用法筆記

Often used in the passive voice, especially for official entry to regulated spaces. The preposition 'to' is standard after the object when naming the place; 'into' is also common.

常見錯誤

❌He was admitted in the building.
✅He was admitted to the building.
💡Use 'to' or 'into', not 'in'.

4. to give someone the right to join a particular group, institution, or associatio

4.動詞及物B1
釋義

接納

接納加入某組織

to give someone the right to join a particular group, institution, or association as an official member

例句

The university admits around four thousand new undergraduate students every autumn.

這所大學每年秋季約招收四千名大學新生。

institution admits + members

Pim was admitted to the national youth orchestra after a very difficult audition in Vienna.

Pim 在維也納經過一場非常嚴格的試音後，被接納進了國家青年管弦樂團。

passive: be admitted to + organization

同義詞
  • accept

    broader meaning; 'admit' adds formality and often implies a selective process

  • enroll

    specific to schools, courses, or programmes

  • induct

    formal ceremony of making someone a member

反義詞
  • reject

    refuse to accept as a member

  • expel

    remove someone from membership

文法句型

admit + noun + to + organization

be admitted to + institution

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 3 (ALLOW ENTRY): sense 3 is about physical access to a space; sense 4 is about membership in an institution. This sense is frequently passive and takes 'to' before the organization name.

常見錯誤

❌She was admitted in the club.
✅She was admitted to the club.
💡Use 'to' for membership admission.

5. to bring a person into a hospital so that doctors and nurses can give them medic

5.動詞及物B2
釋義

收治入院

接受住院治療

to bring a person into a hospital so that doctors and nurses can give them medical treatment or care

例句

The elderly woman was admitted to hospital with severe chest pains last night.

那位年長婦人昨晚因嚴重胸痛被收治住院。

passive: be admitted to + ward / hospital

After the car accident, Zayd was admitted to the hospital for overnight observation and scans.

Zayd 出車禍後被送到醫院留院觀察並接受掃描檢查。

be admitted for [purpose]

同義詞
  • hospitalize

    direct equivalent but used less as a verb in everyday British English

反義詞
  • discharge

    send someone home from the hospital

  • release

    allow someone to leave the hospital

文法句型

be admitted to hospital

be admitted for + treatment

用法筆記

Almost always used in the passive voice in patient contexts ('the patient was admitted'). The active voice ('the doctor admitted the patient') is used from the hospital staff's perspective. British English uses 'admitted to hospital' without an article; American English uses 'admitted to the hospital'.

常見錯誤

❌The doctor admitted him in the hospital.
✅The doctor admitted him to the hospital.
💡Preposition 'to' is required.

6. to make it possible for a certain situation, interpretation, or outcome to exist

6.動詞及物C1
釋義

容許

允許某種可能性存在

to make it possible for a certain situation, interpretation, or outcome to exist

例句

The evidence on the table admits of only one logical conclusion about what happened.

桌上的證據只容許一種合乎邏輯的結論。

admit of + noun — formal construction for possibility

The design of the new bridge admits of several different engineering approaches.

這座新橋的設計可以採用好幾種不同的工程方法。

同義詞
  • allow for

    less formal and more common; used in everyday and professional contexts

  • permit

    slightly less formal than 'admit of' but still somewhat formal

反義詞
  • preclude

    make something impossible; formal, similar register

  • exclude

    leave no room for; opposite of 'admit of'

文法句型

admit of + noun

用法筆記

A formal and somewhat literary construction. 'Admit of' (followed by a noun like 'doubt', 'possibility', 'exception') is the most common pattern. The plain object usage ('admits no exceptions') is also formal. Rare in everyday conversation — more likely to appear in legal, academic, or technical writing.

常見錯誤

❌The problem admits of solve it easily.
✅The problem admits of a simple solution.
💡'Admit of' takes a noun, not a verb.