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单词 to admit defeat
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to admit (also acknowledge, concede) defeat
b. to admit (also acknowledge, concede) defeat: to acknowledge (typically after a prolonged struggle or effort) that one has been defeated by a person or thing, or that the achievement of something is beyond one's capabilities; to give up.
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1811 Liverpool Mercury 18 Oct. 1/2 To confess error is never agreeable, to acknowledge defeat is still more unpleasant.
1832 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 21 Sept. The National Republican papers express a confident anticipation of [election] success in November; while the Jackson presses either admit defeat, or talk in so wild a way [etc.].
1868 Evening Republican (Little Rock, Arkansas) 6 Jan. 2/1 You say that you have the numbers, to ‘stay at least for a while’ the progress of Republican ideas... This admission concedes defeat before the battle.
1935 Illustr. London News 12 Jan. 49/3 The Sherpas would not admit defeat, and it was due to them that we found a way down.
1980 Times 31 May 5/1 The South African Government, after years of battling to control illicit drinking dens..in black townships, has conceded defeat and legalized them.
2016 Yorks. Evening Post (Nexis) 9 Mar. I struggle to finish my platter of mains... I'm in somewhat of a curry coma as I admit defeat.
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