核心畫面

Picture a door with someone standing at it deciding whether you come in. Admission is the letting-in: through the gate of a museum, onto the roll of a school, into a hospital bed. Saying 'yes, I did it' is the same move turned — you let a fact in instead of keeping it out.

可以想成:一道門,門口有人決定你能不能進去。admission 就是這個「放進來」的動作——進博物館的門、進學校的名更多收起可以想成:一道門,門口有人決定你能不能進去。admission 就是這個「放進來」的動作——進博物館的門、進學校的名冊、進醫院的病床。至於「承認」,是同一個動作向內做:你不再把某件事擋在外面,而是讓它進來、放到檯面上。

From the picture

把一件事認下來

把門的方向轉過來:本來你把某個事實擋在外面,現在讓它進來、放到談話裡。所以英文用同一個字講「承認」,而且常帶著「這件事對自己不利」的味道。

admission (confession) · noun · B1

A statement accepting that something is true, most often something bad about yourself.

承認

Also in this word

admission (being let in) · noun · B1

Being allowed to go into a place, or to join a school or group.

准許進入;入學許可

admissions (entry process) · noun · B1

The way a school or organization decides who may enter, and how many places it has.

招生;入學事務

admission (to hospital) · noun · B1

Being taken into a hospital to be treated, tested, or looked after.

住院;入院

admission (entry fee) · noun · B1

The money you pay to go into a place.

入場費;門票

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

admissionnoun/ədˈmɪʃən/

  • 1

    The act or practice of admitting.

    • The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have ended months of intense speculation by announcing they are expecting their first child, but were forced to share their news earlier than hoped because of the Duchess's admission to hospital on Monday.
  • 2

    Permission to enter, or the entrance itself; admittance; entrance; access

    • I request admission for two adults.
    • UK cinema admissions are set to hit their lowest level since records began almost a century ago, with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic wiping almost £1bn from box office sales.
  • 3

    The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something asserted; acknowledgement; concession.

  • 4

    lawAcquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry.

  • 5

    A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence

  • 6

    ecclesiasticallawlifestyleDeclaration of the bishop that he approves of the presentee as a fit person to serve the cure of the church to which he is presented.

  • 7

    The cost or fee associated with attendance or entry.

    • There is no way he has seen that show, the admission is more than he makes in a week.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。