Concession

(noun.) a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business; 'he got the beer concession at the ball park'.

(noun.) the act of conceding or yielding.

(noun.) a point conceded or yielded; 'they won all the concessions they asked for'.

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• I said it (people often do so, in such cases) like a rather reluctant concession to truth and justice;--as if I wanted to deny it! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• If they come in at all, it is as a concession to the material needs of the masses. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Mr. Dawson very unwillingly made the concession required of him--I think he saw that it was hopeless to dispute with her. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• A vain concession; his demeanour quickly betrayed his secret to the quick eyes of the ex-queen. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• You remember that we are going to dine at papa's, said Rosamond, wishing that he should turn and make a more thorough concession to her. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• This was a partial concession to the natural political map, but much blood had still to run before the Turk was altogether expelled from these lands. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Betteredge made a note of that concession, on the spot. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• We might be seeing it all this spring--even the Easter ceremonies at Seville, he urged, exaggerating his demands in the hope of a larger concession. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• I made another concession, and Betteredge made another note. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The lordship of Mecca was well worth the concession. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I paid him the compliment of telling him this, and found my little concession very graciously received. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• If she had had the presence of mind to let Rosedale drive her to the station, the concession might have purchased his silence. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Notwithstanding some objections from Miss Fanny, that it was a low instrument, and that she detested the sound of it, the concession had been made. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• He may, in effect, have repudiated his connections, proudly, impatiently, sarcastically (I make the concession of both words); but he has them. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Hence the concession, and hence the appearance of Flora, piloted in by the man, man. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• It spread rather in spite of than because of the concessions that it made to vulgar imaginations. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• These were great concessions;but where Marianne felt that she had injured, no reparation could be too much for her to make. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• If any concessions were to be made--if any advances were demanded--that was the affair of the very docile pupil of Père Silas, not mine. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• She consented, she said, to forgive her daughter, and acknowledge her grandchildren; larger concessions must not be expected. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.

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