concession
noun /kənˈseʃn/
/kənˈseʃn/
让步;妥协 - The firm will be forced to make concessions if it wants to avoid a strike.
要想避免罢工,公司将不得不作出一些让步。 - to win a concession from somebody
取得某人的让步 - a major/an important concession
重大的让步 - She made no concession to his age; she expected him to work as hard as she did.
她丝毫也不体谅他的年龄,要求他干得像她一样卖力。
Topics Discussion and agreementc1- The company will be forced to make concessions to the union.
公司将被迫向工会作出让步。 - The pressure group has won a number of concessions on environmental policy.
压力集团在环境政策方面已经赢得了对方若干让步。 - They made no concessions to his disability.
他们丝毫不体谅他的残疾。 - They remained unwilling to make any substantial concessions.
他们仍然不愿意做出任何实质性的让步。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- important
- key
- major
- …
- grant (somebody/something)
- make
- offer (somebody/something)
- …
- concession on
- concession to
- make no concessions to somebody/something
- The firm will be forced to make concessions if it wants to avoid a strike.
承认;给予;许可;让步 - the concession of university status to some colleges
对某些学院升为大学的许可 - Clinton’s concession speech (= when she admitted that she had lost the election)
克林顿的让步演说 - Military support was offered in return for the concession of territory.
提供军事援助以作为对领土让步的回报。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- important
- key
- major
- …
- grant (somebody/something)
- make
- offer (somebody/something)
- …
- concession on
- concession to
- make no concessions to somebody/something
- the concession of university status to some colleges
- [countable, usually plural] (British English) a reduction in an amount of money that has to be paid; a ticket that is sold at a reduced price to a particular group of people
减价;(对某类人的)减价票 - They may grant tax concessions to encourage foreign investors.
他们可能会给予税收优惠以鼓励外国投资者。 - Tickets are £3; there is a £1 concession for students.
票价为 3 英镑,学生票减免 1 英镑。 - Adults £2.50, concessions £2, family £5
成人、优惠、家庭票价分别为 2.50 英镑、2 英镑、5 英镑。 - Travel concessions are available to older people.
老年人可享受旅行优惠。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- tax
- travel
- be available to
- They may grant tax concessions to encourage foreign investors.
- [countable] a right or an advantage that is given to a group of people, an organization, etc., especially by a government or an employer
(尤指由政府或雇主给予的)特许权,优惠 - The Bolivian government has granted logging concessions covering 22 million hectares.
玻利维亚政府批准了在 2 200 万公顷土地上的伐木特许权。 - The company has just won a mining concession in the north of the country.
这家公司刚刚取得了在国家北部的采矿特许权。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- trade
- logging
- oil
- …
- grant (somebody/something)
- obtain
- secure
- …
- The Bolivian government has granted logging concessions covering 22 million hectares.
- [countable] the right to sell something in a particular place; the place where you sell it, sometimes an area that is part of a larger building or store
(在某地的)特许经营权;(有时为大型建筑物或商场中的)销售场地,摊位 - the burger concessions at the stadium
体育场内的汉堡包小吃摊 - (especially US English) They went to the concession stand to get a hot dog.
他们去特许摊位买热狗。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- trade
- logging
- oil
- …
- grant (somebody/something)
- obtain
- secure
- …
- the burger concessions at the stadium
词源late Middle English: from Latin concessio(n-), from the verb concedere, from con- ‘completely’ + cedere ‘yield’.