我愿意为你做的101件事：吵架时主动认输

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101 things I'd like to do for you
　　我愿意为你做的101件事
　　I'll always be the first one to admit defeat when we argue, just because I love you more.
　　吵架的时候我愿意主动认输，因为我爱你爱得更多。
　　【知识点拨】
　　本期为大家讲解的词是admit和defeat。
　　admit
　　admit可以指承认某事，通常是指不情愿地承认一些尴尬的、不光彩的事情，比如本期主题句中的“admit defeat”认输，再看看例句：
　　You have to admit your mistake, otherwise you'll be fired.
　　你必须得承认错误，否则你就要被炒鱿鱼了。
　　None of them admitted responsibility for their actions.
　　他们没有人原意承认为他们的行为负有的责任。
　　另外，除了直接+名词之外，admit后面还可以+to doing，例如：
　　Up to two thirds of 14 to 16 year olds admit to buying alcohol illegally.
　　14至16岁的少年中有多达2/3的人承认非法买过酒。
　　admit还可表示准许…加入；接受（入院）等，例如：
　　He was admitted to Popular Science Society.
　　他被接受加入科普学会。
　　She was admitted to hospital with a high fever.
　　她因发高烧被送进医院。
　　defeat
　　defeat意思是打败、挫败、战胜，可当名词，也可当动词。当名词时，除了admit defeat，其他的搭配还有：
　　accept/concede defeat
　　认输，甘拜下风
　　suffer a defeat (=experience a defeat)
　　遭受失败
　　a narrow defeat
　　险胜
　　inflict a defeat on somebody
　　击败某人
　　作动词时，defeat是及物动词，除了指击败、战胜，还可指难住，难倒，使（行动或计划）落空等，例如：
　　It was the last question on the paper that defeated me.
　　试卷的最后一道题难倒了我。
　　Don't let your arms relax as that would defeat the object of the exercise.
　　不要放松手臂，因为这样一来就会失去锻炼的目的。