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

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。
Under the revised rules, foreign investment banks would be allowed to own up to 33 per cent of a new securities industry joint venture with a local partner, officials said.
政府官员表示，根据修订后的规定，外资银行与本地合作伙伴新成立证券合资公司，外资银行将获准持有33%的股份。
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。
I advise you to own up at once.
我劝你立即坦白。
Since they never own up to guilt, they never improve and no one wants to work with them.
由于他们从不承认自己的错误，也就永远得不到进步没有人想和他们合作。
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。
Sometimes you got your own tongue up your ass.
有时你最好管好自己的嘴巴。
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。
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。