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

• Don't let the things you own end up oweing you.
  别到头来受制于你所拥有的。
• Do what you say you will do and, if you can't, own up to it early and communicate clearly.
  如果你承诺了做某件事，就要做。如果你做不到，早点儿坦白承认并和他人有效地沟通。
• Indeed, it can be difficult to own up to, say, a$ 70 haircut at a chic salon when your husband shells out just$ 22 at the barber.
  实际上，的确很难坦白说，比如你花了70美元去一家美发沙龙做头发，而你老公在理发店只花了22美元。
• These are very scary subjects for people to own up to.
  这些都是令人类恐慌的东西。
• Beth: Why didn't he just own up and tell someone?
  贝斯：为什么他不坦白说出来？
• It is incredibly difficult to fail publicly and own up to it.
  在众目睽睽之下遭遇失败，并且承认失败，这简直太难了。
• Others write the police should own up to their mistakes bravely instead of covering them up.
  还有些人说警察应该坦诚他们的错误，而不是尽量掩盖。
• 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”。
• You'd better own up that you were responsible for the traffic accident.
  你最好承认你对那起交通事故负有责任。
• Cap'n Smollett's a fine seaman, as I'll own up to any day, but stiff on discipline.
  斯摩莱特船长是个出色的海员，我一直这么说，但他的纪律太严。