
"He admitted his errors" "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"
"We cannot admit non-members into our club building" "This pipe admits air"
"admit someone to the profession" "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar"
"accept students for graduate study" "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"
"This problem admits of no solution" "This short story allows of several different interpretations"
"The French doors admit onto the yard"
"This hotel can accommodate 250 guests" "The theater admits 300 people" "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people"
"This ticket will admit one adult to the show"
误 He admits to be afraid of the thunder.
正 He admits being afraid of the thunder.
析admit可用动名词作宾语,但不能用不定式作宾语。
我不允许你做那件事。误 I cannot admit of your doing that.
正 I cannot allow you to do that.
析admit of 一般只用事物而不用人作主语。
他承认搞错了。误 He admitted to be wrong.
正 He admitted to being wrong.
析admit后接介词to,但是不能接动词不定式。
非公莫入。误 No one should be admitted to enter except on business.
正 No one should be admitted except on business.
析admit本身已含有“入内”的意思, to enter为多余的。
他对我承认犯了一个错误。误 He admitted me that he had made a mistake.
正 He admitted to me that he had made a mistake.
析 “对我承认…”不能说admit me that...,而必须说admit to me that...。