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

• 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。
• 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。
• Don't let the things you own end up oweing you.
  别到头来受制于你所拥有的。
• Sometimes you got your own tongue up your ass.
  有时你最好管好自己的嘴巴。
• 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。
• 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。
• These are very scary subjects for people to own up to.
  这些都是令人类恐慌的东西。
• 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。
• 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。
• Her fingers were still at his lips, and he felt them tremble, and he put his own hand up to hold hers there, and then neither of them could look; they were confused; they were brimming with happiness.
  威尔感到自己的嘴唇在颤抖。他抬手，紧紧抓住莱拉的手，然后，他们两人的眼中便没有了其他东西；他们俩心情很复杂，可也荡漾着无言的幸福。