参考词典中confess的常规释义:
基本释义
- vt. 供认,承认;忏悔
vi. 供认,承认;忏悔
词形变化
- 时 态:con·fessed, con·fess·ing, con·fess·es形容词:con·fess'a·ble副 词:con·fess'ed·ly
参考例句
- He confessed to the crime during his interrogation.
在讯问中他供认了犯罪。 - The criminal confessed to the priest.
罪犯向神父告解。 - The man confessed that poverty prompted him to steal.
这个男子承认是贫穷促使他偷窃的。 - I blush to admit/confess that..
我羞愧地承认[供认] - He confessed his real identity to his wife.
他向妻子坦白了他的真实身份。
- He confessed to the crime during his interrogation.
英英解释
3个动词解释
- confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
[同] confess, fink, shrive, squeal - admit, make a clean breast of
[同] concede, confess, profess
[例]- She confessed that she had taken the money
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- confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith
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