acknowledge
英 [ək'nɒlɪdʒ]
美[ək'nɑlɪdʒ]
- vt. 承认；答谢；报偿；告知已收到
同义词辨析
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。
双语例句
- 1. You have to acknowledge that we live in a racist society.
- 你得承认我们生活在一个有种族偏见的社会中。
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- 2. Doran stuck his head out of the window to acknowledge the cheering.
- 多兰将头探出窗户向欢呼的人们致谢。
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- 3. Some of the clergy refused to acknowledge the new king'slegitimacy.
- 一部分神职人员拒绝承认新国王的合法地位。
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- 4. Gradually he began to acknowledge his feelings of envy towards his mother.
- 渐渐地，他开始承认自己羡慕母亲。
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- 5. Social workers went to great pains to acknowledge men's domestic rights.
- 社会工作者尽量尊重男性的家庭权利。
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