承认；承认错误，坦白

looking up to───尊敬

adding up to───合计达，总计达

coming up to───v.达到；等于

facing up to───勇敢地面对

giving up to───陷入；让给；向…投降

living up to───不辜负；做到；实践

making up to───接近；奉承；补足

The other side of that is owning up to your mistakes.───这样做的另外一方面是要承认自己的错误。

facing challenges head-on is what makes a mere business owner a leader.───直面挑战可以让一位普通的公司老板变成真正的领导者。

Excuses are ways to get out of owning up to something.───借口是逃避承认很多事情的方式。

Wrongdoings often can't be undone, and it's rare that owning up to a misdeed will result in a positive outcome (at least in the short term).───错误通常是无法弥补的，并且很少有时候承认错误会给自己带来正面的影响（至少在短时间内不会）。

A sincere and heartfelt apology gets you more respect than trying wriggle out of owning up to a mistake.───与其四处逃避责任，不如为你的错误来个真诚的，发自内心的道歉，这样能让你获得更多的尊重。

His remedy is to protect the company's freewheeling culture, while adopting a rigorous policy of owning up to mistakes and correcting them.───施密特给出的药方是：保护公司无拘无束的文化、同时执行严格的承认错误并改正的政策。

The era of responsibility is not never making mistakes, it's owning up to them and trying to make sure you don't repeat them.───负责任的时代并不意味着永不犯错，而是坦白承认它们并努力确保你不再重犯。

Under historic-cost accounting, the banks had every reason not to restructure assets, because that meant owning up to their losses.───在传统的历史成本会计模式下，银行有诸多理由不进行资产结构调整，因为这就意味着他们承认了损失。

Fifty-three pairs of shoes later, the 56-year-old man can say he's walked through six continents and 64 countries, owning up to the literal meaning of "world traveler, " CBC reports.

There are, however, those organizations who are rightfully fearful of owning up to the truth about their attitudes and actions.