confess

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confess详细解释

con.fess

v.（动词）
con.fessed,con.fess.ing,con.fess.es
v.tr.（及物动词）
To disclose (something damaging or inconvenient to oneself); admit.See Synonyms at acknowledge
坦白：披露（对自己不利或有害的事物）；承认参见 acknowledge
To acknowledge belief or faith in; profess.
承认信仰或信奉…；公开承认

To make known (one`s sins) to God or to a priest.
忏悔：向上帝或神父忏悔（自己的罪行）
To hear the confession of (a penitent).
聆听（信徒的）忏悔
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To admit or acknowledge something damaging or inconvenient to oneself:
供认：接受或承认一些对自己不利或有害的事物：
例句：
The suspect confessed to the crime.
嫌疑犯供认了罪行

To disclose one`s sins to a priest.
忏悔：向神父忏悔自己的罪行
To listen to a confession.
聆听忏悔

来源：
Middle English confessen
中古英语 confessen
from Old French confesser
源自 古法语 confesser
from Vulgar Latin *cônfess3re
源自 俗拉丁语 *cônfess3re
from Latin cônfitôro cônfess-
源自 拉丁语 cônfitôro cônfess-
com- [intensive pref.] * see com-
com- [前缀，表加强词义] *参见 com-
fatôro [to admit] * see bh3- 2
fatôro [承认] *参见 bh3- 2

【引伸】
confess.able
adj.（形容词）
confess.edly

confess例句

1. He confessed that he had never seen her before.他承认以前从未见过她。
2. The priest confessed the young man.神父听取那个青年的忏悔。

confess词意辨析

acknowledge, admit, confess, recognize, concede

这些动词均含“承认”之意。
acknowledge: 通常指公开承认某事的真实情况或自己的过错。
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。
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。
concede: 指在事实与证据面前勉强或不得不承认。

confess词型变化

副词:confessedly动词过去式:confessed过去分词:confessed现在分词:confessing第三人称单数:confesses形容词:confessable

confess英语解释

动词 confess:

1. confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure同义词：squeal, shrive, fink
2. admit, make a clean breast of同义词：concede, profess
3. confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith

confess汉语翻译

vt. 承认, 坦白, 忏悔, 供认
vi. 承认, 坦白, 忏悔, 供认
【法】 供认, 自白, 认罪