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

• But she wasn't about to own up.
  可是她也不想揽祸上身。
• Anybody else want to own up?
  还有没有人要坦白？
• 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。
• 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。
• You'd better own up before it is too late.
  你最好还是趁早交代。
• Most men would rather go to the grave than own up to feelings of dependency.
  大多数男人宁死都不愿承认有依赖感。
• Sometimes you got your own tongue up your ass.
  有时你最好管好自己的嘴巴。
• Responsible persons are mature persons who have taken charge of themselves and their conduct, who own their own actions and own up to them, who answer for them.
  负责的人是成熟的人，他们为自己和自己的行为负责，勇于作为，敢作敢当。
• 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。
• 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。