acknowledge，admit，own，avow，confess，concedeThese verbs mean to make a disclosure, usually with reluctance or under pressure. 这些动词都表示不情愿或在压力之下揭示真相。Acknowledge is to accept responsibility for something one makes known: Acknowledge 表示承担使某事公开的责任Admit usually implies marked reluctance in acknowledging one's acts or accepting a different point of view: Admit 常常暗含不情愿承认某人的行为或接受不同的观点Own stresses personal acceptance of and responsibility for one's thoughts or deeds: Own 强调对某人的思想和行为的个人接受或个人责任Avow, a strong term, means to assert openly and boldly: Avow， 一带强烈意义的词，表示公开大胆地宣扬Confess usually emphasizes disclosure of something damaging or inconvenient to oneself: Confess 通常指揭露对某人不利或有损坏的事Concede is to admit something, such as the validity of an argument, often against one's will: Concede 指确认论点的有效性等事，通常是指违背某人意愿的
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