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own up

英 [əʊn ʌp]

美 [oʊn ʌp]

承认; 供认; 坦白

柯林斯词典

  • PHRASAL VERB 承认;供认;坦白
    If youown upto something wrong that you have done, you admit that you did it.
    1. The headmaster is waiting for someone to own up...
      校长在等着有人站出来承认。
    2. Last year my husband owned up to a secret affair with his secretary.
      去年丈夫向我坦白了他与秘书的私情。

英英释义

verb

  • admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error
    1. the writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting
    Synonym:make a clean breast offess up

双语例句

  • Given that most of the 60 interview candidates were probably guilty of at least one of the above, why did none of them own up?
    鉴于60名受访者中的大部分可能至少拥有七宗罪中的一宗,为什么却没有人坦白承认呢?
  • These are very scary subjects for people to own up to.
    这些都是令人类恐慌的东西。
  • She might annoy the crap out of you, but she knows stuff-like who's leaving, who's being promoted-that you can use to strategize your own move up in the company.
    她的废话可能会让你觉得很厌烦,但她可能知道谁要离职,谁将升职哦!好好利用她的资源,你就能知道自己在公司应该如何进步。
  • The shopkeeper was dismayed when a brand new business much like his own opened up next door and erected a huge sign which read BEST DEALS.
    一家商店的店主最近总是忧心忡忡的,因为在他店的隔壁又新开了一家差不多和自己的店同样规模的新店,并树了一个大招牌“物美价廉”。
  • We will also say that the Earth Mother as a consciousness has her own tricks up her sleeves that humans may be surprised to discover.
    我们也要说的是,地球母亲作为一个意识体自身有着人类可能会很惊讶于发现的妙计。
  • But she wasn't about to own up.
    可是她也不想揽祸上身。
  • The One More Time star added: 'You have to own up to the mistakes.
    他还说:你必须承认你的错误。
  • Anybody else want to own up?
    还有没有人要坦白?
  • I came to Shawshank when I was just twenty, and I am one of the few people in our happy little family who is willing to own up to what he did.
    我刚满二十岁就来到肖申克监狱。在这个快乐小家庭中,我是少数肯痛痛快快承认自己干了什么的人。
  • Last year my husband owned up to a secret affair with his secretary.
    去年丈夫向我坦白了他与秘书的私情。