- 词义辨析
admit, allow, let, permit
1.admit指“允许某人进入”某场地,或加入某组织,含有勉强的意味。例如:
She opened the door reluctantly to admit the unwelcome visitor.她很不情愿地把门打开,让不受欢迎的客人进去了。
Jack was admitted to the hospital to have his tumour removed.医生收杰克住院切除肿瘤。
allow指“允许某人做…”,给予客体执行某任务的权力,或同意某人的要求,和permit同义。它们在许多场合中可以通用。不过两者的意思也有细微差别, allow的意思是“允许”,表示主体有权不阻止、不妨碍或默许某事进行的意思。例如:
Playing ball is not allowed in the park.公园内不许打球。
Parking is not allowed here.此处不准停车。
permit表示给予客体做某事的权力。例如:
Time does not permit me to stay longer.时间不容许我在这里多留一会。
let含有放任的意味。例如:
Tom's parents will not let him swim in the lake.汤姆的父母不让他在湖里游泳。
2.permit 后可接不定式和动名词,但不可接名词从句; let不用动名词作宾语,其宾语后接动词原形。
3.allow还表示客气的请求,可和let通用。例如:
Allow me to〔Let me〕 thank you on behalf of our factory.请允许我代表全厂职工向你致谢。
permit是书面语,比allow带有更庄重、正式的语言色彩,含有正面的、积极的意义,指“同意某人的要求、给予某人做…的权力”。例如:
The facts permit no other explanations.这些事实不容许作其他解释。
let 是口头语。例如:
We won't let such a thing happen again.我们绝不允许再发生这样的事。
admit of, allow of, permit of
这组短语都可以表示“容许,留有…的余地”,多用于否定句,有时也可用于肯定句,三者常可互换,但admit of和permit of的主语多为物质或抽象名词,而allow of的主语间或可以是人。例如:
The matter admits of no delay.这事不容耽搁。
Your fault doesn't permit of any excuse.你的过失不容争辩。
You allow of no chance.你没有机会了。
admit, acknowledge, confess, own
这四个词都有“公开承认”的意思。它们的区别是:
1.acknowledge和admit所承认的是不对的或不光彩的事实; confess指承认“错误及罪行”; own承认的不一定是“错误及罪行”,只是一般地表明自己的感觉及处境。例如:
He acknowledged that he was your inferior.他承认他不及你。
Did he admit to stealing it?他承认是他偷的吗?
He confessed where he had hidden the money.他供出了他藏钱的地方。
2.acknowledge强调在一定压力下承认, admit强调勉强承认。例如:
Dan acknowledged himself as criminal.达恩承认自己是罪人。
I admit to a natural fear.我承认生来胆小。
3.acknowledge所承认的一般是隐蔽的, admit, confess和own所承认的不一定是隐蔽的。例如:
Jane acknowledged using her father's motor-car.珍妮承认用了她父亲的摩托车。
They admitted my statement to be reasonable.他们承认我的陈述有道理。
The police have confessed themselves completely puzzled by this strange crime.警方承认他们完全被这桩奇特的罪案搞糊涂了。
4.confess语气上较强,属正式语体; own则不如confess正式。
5.这四个词用作及物动词时,都可接简单宾语或复合宾语,除own外,其他词都可接动名词。admit, confess和own用作不及物动词都可与介词to搭配,其后都可接动名词。例如:
They acknowledged having been defeated.他们认输了。
He confessed taking part in a plot to free the prisoner.他供认自己参与了企图营救那个囚犯的密谋。
She admitted having done wrong.她承认自己做错了。
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Tom admits that playing video games sometimes distracts him from his homework.
汤姆承认玩电子游戏有时会使他无心做作业。
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Blackburn Rovers ace Benni McCarthy admits he wants a move to Chelsea.
布莱克本的当家球星本尼·麦卡锡承认他非常渴望能够得到切尔西的合约.
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The sentence is so ambiguously worded that it admits of two interpretations.
这个句子用词含糊,以致有两种解释的可能.
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The company admits it will make a loss for the year ending September.
公司承认到9月本财年结束时将会出现亏损。
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He has stopped taking heroin now, but admits candidly that he will always be a drug addict.
他眼下已经不再吸食海洛因了,不过他坦言自己永远都是个瘾君子。
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Occasionally someone does break rank, and admits to having had treatments-in the past.
也有些时候有的人打破常规, 承认自己曾经做过治疗.
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Allergies: Patient admits allergies to penicillin resulting in difficulty breathing.
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Rossi then moved on to comment about the current campaign , which he admits has been anomalous.
随后罗西转而评论起了目前他认为很不寻常的联赛.
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Analysts fear the situation is even worse than the leadership admits.
分析家担心情况比领导层承认的还要糟。
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Allison admits she never fit into Nashville's mainstream country sing and that's fine with her.
A承认她不属于N的主流乡村音乐,而且她对此觉得很好.
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- admit defeat认输;服输;
- refuse to admit抵赖;
- admit a fault认错;
- admit to doing承认做了某事
- admit of容许,有…的可能;
- admit it承认吧;认了吧
- refuse to admit one's guilt矢口抵赖;
- admit sb's superiority心服口服
- admit into允许(某人)进入…;
- admit that one is guilty服罪;
- admit to承认;允许(某人)进入…;通向;录取;
- admit of no delay刻不容缓;
- admit one's guilt[法]认罪;
- admit of no doubt无庸置疑;
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- case n. (实)例,事例;情况,状况;诉讼(事件),案件,判例;容器(箱,盒);vt. 把…装入箱(或盒等)内;加盖于;包围,围住;[俚语](尤指盗窃前)探察,侦查,窥测;
- kiss the rain 雨的印记;雨中印记;轻音乐;好听的钢琴曲
- worship v.敬奉(神);做礼拜;爱慕;n.崇拜;礼拜;爱慕;阁下;
- self n.自己;本人;本性;私利;adj.同一的;纯净的;单一的;
- mistake n.错误;错事;v.搞错;认错;
- big mom 毕古麻姆
- reliable adj. 可靠的;可信赖的;真实可信的;n. 可靠的人;
- insurance n.保险;保险费;保险业;保险契约,保险单;(防备不测的)保障措施,安全保证;〈体〉保证球队始终处于领先地位的得分adj.胜券在握的
- peasant n.农民;农夫;佃农;粗俗的人;
- India n.印度(亚洲);
- peculiar adj.奇怪的,古怪的;异常的;特有的,特殊的;

