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. vt. & vi. 承认 admit
2. vt. 出让,容许 grant; allow

1. admit (to a wrongdoing);

   "She confessed that she had taken the money"
   

2. be willing to concede;

   "I grant you this much"
   

3. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

4. acknowledge defeat;

   "The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose"
   

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、特权)
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...
政府承认建立独立工会的权利。
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独立。

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.
政府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

4.

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

1. She was so persistent that I conceded at last.
   她非常固执,所以我最后让步了。

1. The government conceded defeat as soon as the election results were known.
   选举结果一揭晓,政府就承认失败。
2. We concede a couple of points in your contentions.
   我们承认你的论点中有两点是正确的。
3. He refused to concede an inch.
   他一步也不退让。
4. We cannot concede any of our territory.
   我们不能放弃一寸国土。

1. I conceded that I had made a mistake.
   我承认我犯了一个错误。
2. He conceded that he had been wrong.
   他勉强承认自己当初错了。
3. Everyone concedes that was true.
   每个人都承认那是正确的。

1. Tom conceded John five points.
   汤姆让给约翰五分。
2. Finally he conceded me two thirds of his property.
   最后他把自己三分之二的财产转让给了我。
3. The master of the house conceded me the right to use the front door.
   房子的主人允许我使用前门。
4. He conceded us the right to walk through his land.
   他允许我们从他的土地上走过去。

1. He conceded ten points to his opponent.
   他让给自己的对手十分。
2. In playing Chinese chess he always conceded one horse and one cannon to his opponents.
   在下中国象棋时,他总是要让对手一马一炮。
3. The former leader conceded the election to the opposing party.
   这位前领导人承认反对党在选举中获胜。

1. They had to concede this as true.
   他们不得不承认这是真的。

• 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

1. concede的基本意思是“出让”,指迫于要求或要求者的压力,勉强同意给予某种特权、所有权或权力。引申可表示“承认”,指勉强承认某事是真的或正确的,也指在结果确定前承认失败。
2. concede作“承认”解时,可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词,后可接名词、代词或名词从句作宾语,也可接由as短语充当补足语的复合宾语。
3. concede作“出让”解时,可按双宾语,其间接宾语可以转化为介词to的宾语。

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。