own up

基本解释

Do they own up to their mistakes?
他们承认自己的错误了吗？
No need to justify your shortcomings or wrong actions, simply own up to your mistakes and recognize that you need help in changing them.
没有必要为了你的缺点或错误的行为进行辩护，爽快地承认自己的错误并承认改变它们，你需要帮助。
They want to explain things that might have hurt you, to own up to and be forgiven for mistakes, and to be free to tell you what they really think without shattering illusions or being looked down on.
他们会想对你解释那些可能伤害到你的事情；会想对你坦白他们的错误并希望得到你的原谅；会想在既不会影响到他们在你心目中的曾产生的美好错觉也不会被看扁的前提下，与你随心所欲地交流他们真实的想法。

People who grew up listening to it are now old enough to listen with their own children, or even their grandchildren.
And I don't-- and they seemed sincere but if people say, "I can tickle myself," how many people here will own up to being able to tickle themselves?
我不…,他们说得很真诚，但如果有人说，“我可以胳肢自己”,有多少人承认自己可以,胳肢自己？
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We broke up into groups, and each group designed its own toy and made an alpha prototype.
我们分成几个小组，每一组独立设计，并制作出一个玩具模型。
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The more responsible publications will, after a bad year, own up to their performance.
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