concede defeat

基本解释

Conceding defeat would be a profound step to take in a country more reverent of its military history than perhaps any other in Europe.
对于一个比欧洲任何其他国家都要对其军事历史引以为豪的国家而言，承认失败将意味深刻。
Nokia, for example, spent years trying to break into Japan’s big but idiosyncratic mobile-handset market with its rest-of-the-world-beating products before finally conceding defeat.
比方说诺基亚在承认失败之前，花费了大量时间用其特有的产品（存疑）试图打开日本庞大但是极为特殊的手持移动设备市场。
Mr. Tsujihara described the new disc as an elegant way for studios to make their content available more widely "in a way that is not conceding defeat" for the format they have been backing.
凯文解释说对于制片商来讲这种新型碟片可以让他们的作品更加容易推广，而且就算他们支持的制式最终失败了也用不着承认。

For the government, conceding defeat in the face of this confusion and easing up on deportations must seem just as difficult as forcing them through.
ECONOMIST: Deportation: Double-bind The