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confess

英 /kənˈfes/美 /kənˈfes/
  • v.
    供认，招供；承认，坦白；忏悔，告解；聆听忏悔
第三人称单数confesses
现在分词confessing
过去式confessed
过去分词confessed
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词语例句

  1. 供认，招供vi.

    • He had confessed to seventeen murders.

      他已供认了17项谋杀罪。

    • He confessed after being interrogated for many days.

      被审讯几天后，他终于招供了。

  2. 承认，坦白vt.&vi.

    六级四级

    • She was reluctant to confess her ignorance.

      她不愿意承认自己无知。

    • "It wasn't until I attended a diversity workshop that I realized the person we passed over was the perfect person," Tiffany confesses.

      “直到我参加了一个多元化研讨会，我才意识到我们未加考虑的那个人是最完美的人。” 蒂芙尼承认。

    • I confess I enter this in a skeptical frame of mind, believing that we tend to get carried away in our desire to reduce everything to the quantifiable.

      我承认我是抱着怀疑的态度来看待这个问题的，我相信我们往往会被自己想要把所有事情都减少到可以量化的欲望冲昏头脑。

  3. 忏悔，告解vt.

    • You just go to the church and confess your sins.

      你就去教堂忏悔你的罪过吧。

  4. 聆听忏悔vt.

    • He would weep bitter tears when confessing a sinner.

      聆听罪人忏悔时，他会流下悲苦的泪水。

  1. We persuaded her to confess her crime.
    我们说服她坦白她的罪行。
    来自《牛津词典》
  2. She was reluctant to confess her ignorance.
    她不愿意承认自己无知。
    来自《牛津词典》
  3. "I confess to being a big wuss," she admitted.
    “我承认我是个胆小鬼。”她实话实说。
    来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

相关短语

  • I Confess
    忏情记；我忏悔；歼情恨
  • Fake confess
    假面的告白
  • confess to
    承认；供认；忏悔
  • Confess Forever
    永远的忏悔
  • God I must confess
    天啊我必须忏悔；神啊我必须忏悔

词语扩展

vt.
acceptrecognizeagreeacknowledgegrant
承认；坦白；忏悔；[法]供认
vi.
acceptrecognize
承认；坦白；忏悔；[法]供认
adj.
confessional忏悔的；自白的
adv.
confessedly公开承认地；明白供认地；自称地
n.
confession忏悔，告解；供认
confessional忏悔室；告解室
confessor忏悔者；为信教而被迫害的教徒
  • concede/acknowledge/recognize/admit/confess
    • concede指在事实与证据面前勉强或不得不承认。
    • acknowledge通常指公开承认某事的真实情况或自己的过错。
    • recognize作“承认”解时，系书面用词，主要指合法的或外交上的承认，也指公认。
    • admit强调因外力或良心驱使或经判断而明确承认，多含不情愿或被迫意味。
    • confess语气较强，着重承认自己意识到的错误或罪行，含坦白忏悔的意味。
  • admit/confess
    • admit指大胆地承认以前试图不论或推诿的坏事。如：John has admitted to breaking the window. (约翰已承认打破了窗玻璃。)
    • confess常指承认错误，罪行等。如：The thief confessed his crime to the police. (小偷向警察承认了罪行。)
  • concede/admit/confess
    • concedev.指曾想隐瞒或不愿意承认某一错误，但由于证据确凿而不得不勉强承认，还可以指"以退为进"的承认。
    • admitv.指由于说服、再三追问而"承认"某一事实或过错。
    • confessv.供认(罪行、过错等)，含有"坦白、招认"的意思。

词义分布

承认
66.1%
坦白
17.5%
忏悔
10.8%
供认
2.6%
招供
2.3%
坦承
0.8%

英英释义

  • v.confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
  • v.admit, make a clean breast of
  • v.confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith
  1. v.
    to admit that you did something wrong
    承认；坦白；供认
    • Ed confessed that he broke the window.
      埃德承认他打碎了窗户。

词源

  • confess坦承
    con-, 强调。-fess, 说，交谈，词源同phone, profess.
  • confess承认，供认，坦白，忏悔
    来源于拉丁语动词comfateri(承认)的过去分词confessus,comfateri由前缀com-(加强意义)和fateri(承认)组成。fateri 为拉丁语fari(说)的派生词。 -fe-说 → -fess-表白 词根词缀： con-共同 + -fess-表白