admit
动词 v.
英文释义
动词 v.
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To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
— to admit a serious thought into the mind
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To allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.
— to admit an attorney to practice law
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To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny (+ to).
— the argument or fact is admitted
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To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
— The words do not admit such a construction.
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To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission.
— Circumstances do not admit of this.
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To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.
— "This shocking report proves once again that we urgently need a radical shake-up of hospital care," said Jeremy Hughes, chief executive of the Alzheimer's Society. "Given that people with dementia occupy a quarter of hospital beds and that many leave in worse health than when they were admitted, it is unacceptable that training in dementia care is not the norm."
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词汇关系
词源
From Middle English admitten, amitten, borrowed from Old French admettre, amettre (“to admit”), from Latin admittō (“to allow entrance, inlet”, literally “to send to”), from ad- + mittere (“to send”).
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