concession

复数：concessions

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

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

• heavy concession重大的让步

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

• concession to reality承认现实

price concession价格让步

concession contract特许经营权合约；租让制合同

tariff concession关税减让

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。