concession

英 [kən'seʃn] 美 [kən'seʃn]

• n. 让步；特许权；租界；妥协

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]承认,允许

   conceding

2. [C]妥协,让步

   thing granted or yielded, especially after discussion, an argument, etc.

3. [C]特许权

   right given or sold to sb by the owner of sth, allowing him to use or operate it

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 让步
2. 特许
3. 特许权
4. 租界
5. 承认
6. 给予
7. 许可
8. 优惠
9. 让步行为
10. 营业场所
11. 迁就
12. 让予
13. 让与
14. 政府、公司等给与的特许（权）
15. 核准
16. 让予物
17. 给予物
18. 租借地
19. 认可
20. 场地特许使用（权）
21. <美>（在指定地点的）营业权

英英释义

Noun:

1. a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business;

   "he got the beer concession at the ball park"
   

2. the act of conceding or yielding

3. a point conceded or yielded;

   "they won all the concessions they asked for"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. I hope you can make some concession.
   我希望你能做些让步。
2. I must make a concession to him.
   我必须对他让步。
3. They interpreted her silence as concession.
   他们把她的沈默解释为让步。
4. He has an ice-cream concession in the subway station.
   他在地铁站拥有一家冰淇淋分店。
5. The newspaper office was receiving terrorist letters and warnings from the Concession authorities over its radical views.
   报馆为了言论激烈，收到恐吓信和租界当局的警告。
6. I remember one evening, while walking in the French Concession we stumbled upon a small, local bank.
   我记得有一个晚上，我在法租界散步的时候，偶然发现一个很小的，本地的银行。
7. I am prepared to make some concession on minor details, but I cannot compromise on fundamentals.
   在一些细节上我可以作些让步，但在基本原则上我是不会妥协的。
8. Each concession we make is accompanied by an inner diminution of which we are not immediately conscious.
   每一次我们所做出的妥协，伴随的是一种我们没有立即意识到的内心缩减。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. There is a call for the concession of certain rights.
   要求承认某些权利。
2. They made concessions to the workers in negotiations.
   他们在与工人谈判中作出了让步。
3. The government gave them a concession to sell food in the town hall.
   政府给了他们一个可以在市政厅出售食品的特许权。

经典引文

• The Right whereby the Kings did rule, was founded in the very concession of the People.

  出自： Hobbes

• Jim's concession to the evening was to wash his sweater.

  出自： E. Langley

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• gain a concession 获得让步
• grant concessions 授予特权

形容词+～

• heavy concession 重大的让步

介词+～

• sell sth at remarkable concessions 以优惠价出售某物

～+介词

• concession to reality 承认现实

词源解说

• ☆ 15世纪中期进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的concessio，意为迁就。

近反义词

【近义词】

• allowance