own up

基本解釋

Do they own up to their mistakes?
他們承認(rèn)自己的錯(cuò)誤了嗎？
No need to justify your shortcomings or wrong actions, simply own up to your mistakes and recognize that you need help in changing them.
沒(méi)有必要為了你的缺點(diǎn)或錯(cuò)誤的行為進(jìn)行辯護(hù)，爽快地承認(rèn)自己的錯(cuò)誤并承認(rèn)改變它們，你需要幫助。
They want to explain things that might have hurt you, to own up to and be forgiven for mistakes, and to be free to tell you what they really think without shattering illusions or being looked down on.
他們會(huì)想對(duì)你解釋那些可能傷害到你的事情；會(huì)想對(duì)你坦白他們的錯(cuò)誤并希望得到你的原諒；會(huì)想在既不會(huì)影響到他們?cè)谀阈哪恐械脑a(chǎn)生的美好錯(cuò)覺(jué)也不會(huì)被看扁的前提下，與你隨心所欲地交流他們真實(shí)的想法。

People who grew up listening to it are now old enough to listen with their own children, or even their grandchildren.
And I don't-- and they seemed sincere but if people say, "I can tickle myself," how many people here will own up to being able to tickle themselves?
我不…,他們說(shuō)得很真誠(chéng)，但如果有人說(shuō)，“我可以胳肢自己”,有多少人承認(rèn)自己可以,胳肢自己？
耶魯公開(kāi)課 - 心理學(xué)導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選
We broke up into groups, and each group designed its own toy and made an alpha prototype.
我們分成幾個(gè)小組，每一組獨(dú)立設(shè)計(jì)，并制作出一個(gè)玩具模型。
氣泡項(xiàng)目 - SpeakingMax英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)達(dá)人

The more responsible publications will, after a bad year, own up to their performance.
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