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admit

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🇺🇸 /ʌdmˈɪt/
verb 编号: A00538 牛津3000 BNC #887 COCA #1089
“admit”围绕“让某人或某事进来”展开:可以是进入某地、获得资格,也可以是把事实纳入承认范围;此外还可表示某事容得下或允许某种安排。
💡 记忆钩子
想象一扇门:把人放进房间,是“允许进入”;把人放进职业或资格范围,是“接纳为合格者”;把一个事实放进自己的判断里,就是“承认”。由此还引申出“某种情况容得下、允许某事发生”,以及“接收病人入院”。
📝 学习建议
  • 先掌握“允许进入”和“承认”两条主线,再学习“容得下、允许”和“接收入院”等引申义。
  • 不要把它一律理解成“承认”:涉及地点、机构或资格时,通常是“准许进入”;涉及事实、错误或指控时,才是“承认”。
📖 中文释义
verb
  • core 允许进入
    📖 让某人或某物进入一个地方、范围,或让某个想法进入自己的考虑之中;核心画面就是“把它放进门内”。
    💡 常用“admit + 人/物 + to/into + 地点或范围”,也可说“admit + 想法/事实 + into + 思考范围”。它通常是正式、中性的“准许进入”,不能随意替代表示主动邀请或欢迎的词。中文里“进入”常被误译成不及物结构,但这里的对象要直接放在动词后面。
    transitive
    Only members are admitted to the reading room.
    只有会员获准进入阅览室。
    She finally admitted the possibility into her thinking.
    她最终把这种可能性纳入了自己的思考。
  • common 接纳为合格成员
    📖 允许某人进入一个职业、组织或享受某项权利的资格范围,强调正式认可其符合条件。
    💡 常用“admit + 人 + to + 职业、机构或权利范围”,也可用被动结构表示“获准加入或执业”。这一义通常用于制度、学校、职业资格或正式组织语境,语气比普通的“让某人参加”更正式。不要把它误解为仅仅让人进门,而要注意它包含资格认可。
    transitive
    After passing the exam, she was admitted to the bar.
    通过考试后,她获准取得律师执业资格。
  • core 承认事实或错误
    📖 把一个无法继续回避的事实、错误或指控“放进自己的判断里”,即承认它为真实或有道理。它既可以表示说出承认,也可以表示某事实本身得到承认。
    💡 常用“admit + 事实/错误/指控”,承认自己做过某事时常用“admit to + 动名词”;也可用“admit that + 从句”。这个义项可用于正式陈述,也可用于日常谈话,但通常带有此前不愿承认或不得不承认的意味。
    intransitive transitive
    He admitted that he had made a serious mistake.
    他承认自己犯了一个严重的错误。
    She admitted to taking the last cookie.
    她承认是自己拿走了最后一块饼干。
  • common 容得下;允许某种解释
    📖 表示某个事物能够容纳某种做法、解释或可能性,或不排斥它;这里的“进入”变成了进入一个方案或解释的范围。
    💡 常用“admit + 名词”或“admit of + 名词”,表示某种安排、解释或变化有无可能。它多见于书面或较正式的分析语境,不能把它机械理解成“承认”。当后面接具体事实而不是“可能性、解释、变化”时,通常应考虑使用表示“承认”的义项。
    transitive
    The plan admits several possible improvements.
    这个计划还容得下几种改进方案。
  • common 允许;留有余地
    📖 表示情况为某事提供条件或余地,常用于说明某种做法在当前条件下行不通;它是“容纳某事”的更固定、更正式的说法。
    💡 最典型的结构是“admit of + 名词”,尤其常见于“admit of no exception”等书面表达;否定句中常表示“没有余地、不能允许”。这里通常不直接接宾语,也不表示某人承认了某件事。日常口语中可根据语境改用更直接的“allow”或“make possible”。
    intransitive with-of
    The situation admits of no delay.
    这种情况不容许任何拖延。
  • common 接收入院治疗
    📖 把病人接收进医院或类似机构接受治疗,是“允许进入某个医疗场所”的具体用法。
    💡 常用“admit + 病人 + to + 医院或病房”,被动形式“be admitted to hospital”尤其常见。这个义项通常用于医疗报道、医院记录或正式说明;它指办理入院或接收治疗,不只是让病人短暂进入建筑物。美国英语中常见带冠词的“the hospital”,英国英语里也常见不带冠词的“hospital”。
    transitive
    The patient was admitted to hospital overnight for observation.
    这名病人因需要观察而住院了一晚。
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📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 8 组
declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of;
同义词集: admit acknowledge
He admitted his errors
She acknowledged that she might have forgotten
反义: deny 上位: adjudge, declare, hold 下位: concede, confess, fink, profess, squeal, sustain
admit into a group or community;
同义词集: accept admit take take on
accept students for graduate study
We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member
上位: accept, have, take 下位: profess
allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of;
同义词集: admit let in include
admit someone to the profession
She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar
反义: exclude, keep out, shut, shut out 上位: allow, countenance, let, permit 下位: induct, initiate, involve
allow to enter; grant entry to;
同义词集: admit allow in let in intromit
We cannot admit non-members into our club building
This pipe admits air
反义: refuse, reject, turn away, turn down 上位: allow, countenance, let, permit
serve as a means of entrance
同义词集: admit
This ticket will admit one adult to the show
上位: do, serve
have room for; hold without crowding; ;
同义词集: accommodate hold admit
This hotel can accommodate 250 guests
The theater admits 300 people
The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people
下位: house, seat, sleep
give access or entrance to
同义词集: admit
The French doors admit onto the yard
afford possibility;
同义词集: admit allow
This problem admits of no solution
This short story allows of several different interpretations
🌳 词源
来自中古英语,借自古法语,最终源自拉丁语中表示“送入、允许进入”的词根,因此各义都保留了“让某物进入范围”的核心意象。
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”).
🔄 变式
- imperat admits present admitted 1st_sg admittedst archaic admittest archaic admitteth archaic admitting present
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