오늘의 표현 : own up to (실토하다)

오늘의 표현 : own up to

 

own up (to ~) : (~을) 털어놓다, 실토하다

 

 

No one owned up to breaking the window.
(아무도 창문을 깼다고 실토하지 않았다.)
I made a few mistakes, but I owned up to them.
(나는 몇 가지 실수를 했지만, 그들을 실토했다.)
Billy was afraid his aunt would punish him if he owned up.
(Billy는 자기가 실토하면 숙모가 벌할 것이 두려웠다.)
Last year my husband owned up to a secret affair with his secretary.
(작년에 내 남편은 자기 비서와 불륜이 있었음을 인정했다.)
Yesterday, Apple owned up to an apparent breakdown in communications.
(어제, 애플사는 통신에 명백한 고장이 있었음을 인정했다.)
Although the offences were horrific, it was to her credit that she had owned up.
(그 범죄는 끔찍했지만, 그녀가 실토한 것은 칭찬받을만 했다.)

 

own : 1. 자신의
      2. 소유하다 (=possess)
      3. 인정하다 (=admit, acknowledge)
      4. 고백하다 (=confess)