to get attention Edwards confessed to being a spy for the KGB CF: acknowledge, admit, confess, recognize concede 这些动词均含“承认”之意 acknowledge通常指公开承认某事的真实情况或自己的过错。例如: He acknowledged that the purchase had been a mistake.他承认购买 那东西是个错误之举 admit强调因外力或良心驱使或经判断而明确承认,多含不情愿或被迫意味。 例如: There are some faults which men readily admit, but others not so readily. 虽然有人承认了一些错误,但另一些不是这么主动 confess语气较强,着重承认自己意识到的错误或罪行,含坦白忏悔的意味 例如: have to confess that I lied to you.我得承认我对你撒了谎。 recognize作“承认解时,系书面用词,主要指合法的或外交上的承认,也 指公认。例如: British medical qualifications are recognized in Canada.英国的医疗 资格在加拿大是认可的。 concede指在事实与证据面前勉强或不得不承认。例如 FThe lawyer refused to concede that the two cases were at all similar 律师拒绝做出这两宗案件相似的表示。 18. poignant: adj. producing a sharp feeling of pity or sadness Several months after we first met, she te lls me a revealing and poignant story of her first day at college The differences between rich and poor are perhaps most significant most visible, and most poignant in the lives of children Collocations a poignant question 苛刻的质问 poignant anxiety 深深的焦虑 poignant regret 深沉的懊悔 poignant remarks 尖锐的批评 poignant sarcasm 辛辣的讽刺 poignant suggestions 中肯的建议 19 agonizing: adj. extremely painful *There was one present which gave Maria the most agonizing decision of her young life 年后,他在承受了数月极度的痛苦后死去10 to get attention. *Edwards confessed to being a spy for the KGB. CF: acknowledge, admit, confess, recognize & concede 这些动词均含“承认”之意。 acknowledge 通常指公开承认某事的真实情况或自己的过错。例如： *He acknowledged that the purchase had been a mistake. 他承认购买 那东西是个错误之举。 admit 强调因外力或良心驱使或经判断而明确承认，多含不情愿或被迫意味。 例如： *There are some faults which men readily admit, but others not so readily. 虽然有人承认了一些错误，但另一些不是这么主动。 confess 语气较强，着重承认自己意识到的错误或罪行，含坦白忏悔的意味。 例如: *I have to confess that I lied to you. 我得承认我对你撒了谎。 recognize 作“承认”解时，系书面用词，主要指合法的或外交上的承认，也 指公认。例如： *British medical qualifications are recognized in Canada. 英国的医疗 资格在加拿大是认可的。 concede 指在事实与证据面前勉强或不得不承认。例如： *The lawyer refused to concede that the two cases were at all similar. 律师拒绝做出这两宗案件相似的表示。 18. poignant: adj. producing a sharp feeling of pity or sadness *Several months after we first met, she tells me a revealing and poignant story of her first day at college. *The differences between rich and poor are perhaps most significant, most visible, and most poignant in the lives of children. Collocations: a poignant question 苛刻的质问 poignant anxiety 深深的焦虑 poignant regret 深沉的懊悔 poignant remarks 尖锐的批评 poignant sarcasm 辛辣的讽刺 poignant suggestions 中肯的建议 19. agonizing: adj. extremely painful *There was one present which gave Maria the most agonizing decision of her young life. 一年后，他在承受了数月极度的痛苦后死去