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单词

concession

读音
kənˈseʃn
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词根

"Concession" 来自于拉丁词根 "con-"(表示一起)和 "cess-" (表示走)。因此,这个词的原始含义可以理解为"一起走",在这里引申为"做出让步"或"妥协"。

释义

n. 让步;特许(权);承认;退位

例句

He was ready to make a concession.
他准备做出让步。
She made no concession to his age; she expected him to work as hard as she did.
她丝毫也不体谅他的年龄,要求他干得像她一样卖力。
Finish the following sentence with an adverbial clause of concession.
用让步状语从句完成下列句子。

强化记忆

你可以记住这样一个场景:在和朋友争吵后,你们都希望能和好如初,于是你选择做出让步,这就是“concession”。"Concession" 这个词在14世纪的法国首次出现,基于拉丁词根 "concedere" 演变而来,原意为"让步"或"赞成"。在文化上,这个词汇常常用于政治和商业背景中,表示一方为了达到某种目的或避免冲突,主动或被迫放弃部分权益或立场。

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Folks, it's over."Moreover, that concession speechhelps the tens of millions of people who voted for that person
all that stuff can just move ahead on automatic pilotbecause after the concession speech,every subsequent step
not an off-brand gender,not a concession, but women.Instruct your babies.
And even more importantly,that concession speech has a technical function
So what if a losing candidate simply refuses to concede?What if there is no concession speech?Well, what could happen might terrify you.
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