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.- The headmaster is waiting for someone to own up...
校长在等着有人站出来承认。 - 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。
- The headmaster is waiting for someone to own up...
英英释义
verb
- admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error
- the writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting
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。