admit: [15] This is one of a host of words, from mission to transmit, to come down to English from Latin mittere ‘send’. Its source, admittere, meant literally ‘send to’, hence ‘allow to enter’. In the 15th and 16th centuries the form amit was quite common, borrowed from French amettre, but learned influence saw to it that the more ‘correct’ Latin form prevailed. => commit, mission, transmit
admit (v.)
late 14c., "let in," from Latin admittere "to allow to enter, let in, let come, give access," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + mittere "let go, send" (see mission). Sense of "to concede as valid or true" is first recorded early 15c. Related: Admitted; Admitting.
雙語例句
1. You have to admit that you are, in fact, in difficulties.
你不得不承認，你事實上是陷入了困境。
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2. Embassy security personnel refused to admit him or his wife.
使館保安人員不允許他和夫人進入。
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3. I have to admit that I have bad handwriting.
我不得不承認自己的字寫得不好看。
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4. None of these people will admit responsibility for their actions.
這些人都不會愿意為自己的行為負責。
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5. The Parachute Regiment could be forced to admit women.