admit v. ①承認 ②準許（入場、入學、入會等） ③容納，容許
[考點]
1、重要句型
admit doing sth. 承認做了某事
- he admitted making a big mistake. 他承認犯了個嚴重的錯誤。
admit that ... 承認……
- do you admit that you are wrong? 你承認自己錯了嗎？
admit sb./sth. to be ... 承認某人/某物是……
- the boss admitted my plan to be practical. 老闆承認我的計畫是可行的。
be admitted to/into ... 被……錄取；被準許進入……
- at last she was admitted to/into the famous university.
她終於被這所著名的大學錄取了。
2、辨析admit，acknowledge和confess
admit通常指因外界壓力、良心或判斷而承認某事的存在或真實性，含有“不情願承認”之意；acknowledge指“公開承認”，常用於過去隱瞞或否認之事；confess著重承認自己的過錯或罪惡，因此有“懺悔、坦白”的含義。
- i admit that she is right. 我承認她是對的。
- with so much evidence against him, he had to acknowledge his error.
在這么多證據面前，他不得不承認錯誤。
- he has confessed his crime. 他已經承認了自己的罪行。
[備考必背] 派生詞
admission n. 允許進入，承認某事之陳述，供認
[貼心叮嚀]
admit是非常重要的單詞，一定要記住上面的考點。
adult n. 成年人 adj. 成年人的，成熟的
[特徵]
adult（成年人）尤指法定年齡以上者，通常指18歲或21歲以上。
- some adults are more foolish than the children. 一些大人比孩子還愚蠢。
- he has a very adult manner although he's only 12.
雖然他只有十二歲，舉止卻很像大人。
advance v. 推進，促進；前進；提前 n. 前進；進步；上升
[特徵]
- the troops are advancing against the enemy. 部隊向敵人逼近。
- the rain advanced the growth of the wheat. 雨水促進了小麥的生長。
- the departure time has been advanced by an hour. 出發時間提前了一個小時。
- science has made great advances during the last fifty years.
科學在過去的五十年內有很大的進步。
[備考必背] 重要詞組
in advance 預先，提前
- you must pay for the book in advance. 你必須預先把書的錢付了。
[貼心叮嚀]
advance的意思比較多，考點也比較多，一定要把它徹底弄明白。經驗表明，越是似懂非懂的地方，丟分的可能性最大。
adventure n. 冒險，冒險活動
[特徵]
- that's a strange adventure indeed. 那確實是一次奇怪的冒險經歷。