admit的用法
1. 表示“承认”,注意以下用法:
(1) 一般为及物动词,直接跟宾语;表示向某人承认用介词 to:
He admitted his mistake. 他承认了他的错误。
He admitted to the teacher that he was wrong. 他向老师承认他错了。
This meant admitting defeat. 这就意味着承认失败了。
但有时也用作不及物动词,此时一般后接介词 to:
He admitted to the murder. 他供认了谋杀罪。
He admitted to having taken the money. 他承认拿了那笔钱。
由于 admit 表示“承认”可用作及物动词或不及物动词,所以上面各例中的介词 to 有时也可省略。
(2) 后接动词时,要用动名词而不用不定式:
She admitted having read the letter. 她承认读过这封信。
I admit breaking the window. 我承认打破了窗子。
(3) 可后接带不定式的复合宾语,但其中的不定式通常应是 to be:
They admitted him to be mad. 他们承认他疯了。
You must admit the task to be difficult. 你们得承认任务是艰巨的。
偶尔接其它形式的复合宾语:
He admitted himself a failure. 他承认失败。
He admitted himself beaten. 他承认输了。
(4) 有时用于插入语中:
This, I admit, was wrong. 我承认这错了。
2. 表示“允许进入”、“使能进入”,注意以下用法:
(1) 通常只用作及物动词:
This ticket admits one person only. 此券只准一人入场。
There were no windows to admit air. 没有窗子可使空气流入。
可用于引申义,表示允许进入某一组织、机构、学校、团体等:
They admitted him to [into] their organization. 他们接受他参加了他们的组织。
How many students have been admitted into the school this year? 今年这所学校有多少学生入学?
试比较 (注意介词不同):
He was admitted to [into] the Party. 他被吸收入党。
He was admitted as a Party member. 他被接纳为党员。
(2) 往往含有动态意味,所以一般不与 enter, go in 之类的词连用:
他打开门让我进了屋。
正:He opened the door and admitted me into the house.
误:He opened the door and admitted me to enter into the house.
3. 用于 admit of, 意为“容许”、“有…的可能”、“有…的余地” (此时句子主语通常是物而不是人):
The matter admits of no delay. 这事刻不容缓。
The word admits of no other meaning in the case. 这个词在此例中不可能有别的意思。