Concession
[kən'seʃ(ə)n] or [kən'sɛʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business; 'he got the beer concession at the ball park'.
(noun.) the act of conceding or yielding.
(noun.) a point conceded or yielded; 'they won all the concessions they asked for'.
格里菲思校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of conceding or yielding; usually implying a demand, claim, or request, and thus distinguished from giving, which is voluntary or spontaneous.
(n.) A thing yielded; an acknowledgment or admission; a boon; a grant; esp. a grant by government of a privilege or right to do something; as, a concession to build a canal.
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同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Yielding.[2]. Grant, boon.
校對:莱利亚
同義詞及反義詞：
[See CONCEPT]
錄入:温德尔
解釋/意思:
n. the act of conceding: the thing conceded: a grant.—adj. Conces′sible.—n. Concessionaire′ one who has obtained a concession.—adj. Conces′sionary.—n. Conces′sionist.—adj. Conces′sive implying concession.
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例句/造句/用法:
- I said it (people often do so, in such cases) like a rather reluctant concession to truth and justice;--as if I wanted to deny it! 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- If they come in at all, it is as a concession to the material needs of the masses. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Mr. Dawson very unwillingly made the concession required of him--I think he saw that it was hopeless to dispute with her. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- A vain concession; his demeanour quickly betrayed his secret to the quick eyes of the ex-queen. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- You remember that we are going to dine at papa's, said Rosamond, wishing that he should turn and make a more thorough concession to her. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- This was a partial concession to the natural political map, but much blood had still to run before the Turk was altogether expelled from these lands. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Betteredge made a note of that concession, on the spot. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- We might be seeing it all this spring--even the Easter ceremonies at Seville, he urged, exaggerating his demands in the hope of a larger concession. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- I made another concession, and Betteredge made another note. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- The lordship of Mecca was well worth the concession. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- I paid him the compliment of telling him this, and found my little concession very graciously received. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- If she had had the presence of mind to let Rosedale drive her to the station, the concession might have purchased his silence. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Notwithstanding some objections from Miss Fanny, that it was a low instrument, and that she detested the sound of it, the concession had been made. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- He may, in effect, have repudiated his connections, proudly, impatiently, sarcastically (I make the concession of both words); but he has them. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Hence the concession, and hence the appearance of Flora, piloted in by the man, man. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- It spread rather in spite of than because of the concessions that it made to vulgar imaginations. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- These were great concessions;but where Marianne felt that she had injured, no reparation could be too much for her to make. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- If any concessions were to be made--if any advances were demanded--that was the affair of the very docile pupil of Père Silas, not mine. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- She consented, she said, to forgive her daughter, and acknowledge her grandchildren; larger concessions must not be expected. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
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