资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Admit \Ad*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Admitted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Admitting}.] [OE. amitten, L. admittere, admissum; ad +
   mittere to send: cf. F. admettre, OF. admettre, OF. ametre.
   See {Missile}.]
   1. To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a
      place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to
      take; as, they were into his house; to admit a serious
      thought into the mind; to admit evidence in the trial of a
      cause.

   2. To give a right of entrance; as, a ticket admits one into
      a playhouse.

   3. To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a
      privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise; as,
      to admit an attorney to practice law; the prisoner was
      admitted to bail.

   4. To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an
      allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or
      confess; as, the argument or fact is admitted; he admitted
      his guilt.

   5. To be capable of; to permit; as, the words do not admit
      such a construction. In this sense, of may be used after
      the verb, or may be omitted.

            Both Houses declared that they could admit of no
            treaty with the king.                 --Hume.

资料来源 : WordNet®

admit
     v 1: declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or
          truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged
          that she might have forgotten" [syn: {acknowledge}]
          [ant: {deny}]
     2: allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members
        into our club" [syn: {allow in}, {let in}, {intromit}]
        [ant: {reject}]
     3: allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to
        exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of;
        "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to
        the New Jersey Bar" [syn: {let in}, {include}] [ant: {exclude}]
     4: admit into a group or community; "accept students for
        graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to
        admit a new member" [syn: {accept}, {take}, {take on}]
     5: afford possibility; "This problem admits of no solution";
        "This short story allows of several different
        interpretations" [syn: {allow}]
     6: give access or entrance to; "The French doors admit onto the
        yard"
     7: have room for; hold without crowding; "This hotel can
        accommodate 250 guests"; "The theater admits 300 people";
        "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people" [syn: {accommodate},
         {hold}]
     8: serve as a means of entrance; "This ticket will admit one
        adult to the show"
     [also: {admitting}, {admitted}]

admitting
     See {admit}