confess是什么意思？

confess

英[kənˈfes] 美[kənˈfɛs]

• v. 供认，坦白，承认，悔过；

过去式：confessed;

过去分词：confessed;

现在分词：confessing;

第三人称单数：confesses;

例句

• They tortured the man to make him confess his crime. 他们拷打那个人, 使他招认他的罪行。
• The torture made him confess. 严刑拷打使他招供了。
• I confess it with shame--shrunk icily into myself, like a snail. 我羞愧地忏悔了——冷冰冰地退缩，像个蜗牛。
• What's more, Ariadne was abducted before Theseus could confess his love! 更重要的是, 阿莉亚多尼被绑架前忒修斯可以承认他的爱!
• Just tell me what it is and I'll confess straight off. 你只用告诉我是什么,我都马上招供.
• I must confess, I'm guilty of the same foolish whimsy. 我承认, 我和你一样干过这样的蠢事.
• I confess the inhumanity of this action moved me very much, and made me relent exceedingly. 我自认这种不人道的举动使我很痛心, 我非常怜悯她.
• It was easier to confess everything and implicate everybody. 把什么东西都招认,把什么人都拉下水,是很容易的事.
• I confess it with shame -- shrunk icily into myself, like a snail. 我羞愧地忏悔了 —— 冷冰冰地退缩, 像个蜗牛.
• I confess I can see no curtains hereabout that answer their description. 说实话,我在这附近看不见她们说的这种窗帘.

同义词

• vt.
  confess的同义词之：坦白,供认,承认
  consent, admit, acknowledge,
• confess的同义词之：其他释义
  consent, concede, air, admit, acknowledge,

反义词

• vt. & vi.
  confess的反义词之：坦白,承认
  conceal,
• confess的反义词之：其他释义
  conceal,

同义词解析

• 以下这些动词均包含 "承认" 的意思
  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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  承认，供认，坦白(自己做错的事)
  If someone confesses to doing something wrong, they admit that they did it.
  例句
  He had confessed to seventeen murders... 他供认了17起谋杀案。 Her husband confessed to having had an affair... 她丈夫承认有过外遇。
• VERB
  (向上帝或神甫)忏悔，告解(罪过)
  If someone confesses or confesses their sins, they tell God or a priest about their sins so that they can be forgiven.
  例句
  You just go to the church and confess your sins... 你干脆去教堂忏悔自己的罪过吧。 Once we have confessed our failures and mistakes to God, we should stop feeling guilty. 一旦我们向上帝告明了自己的过失和错误，就不该再觉得内疚。
• PHRASE
  我承认，我必须承认(用来对自己的过失等略表歉意)
  You use expressions like 'I confess', 'I must confess', or 'I have to confess' to apologize slightly for admitting something you are ashamed of or that you think might offend or annoy someone.
  例句
  I confess it's got me baffled... 我承认这把我难倒了。 I must confess I'm not a great enthusiast for long political programmes. 我必须承认自己对时间很长的政治节目不是很热衷。

英汉词典释义

• vt. & vi.
  承认, 供认（错误或罪行）
  The criminal soon confessed. 罪犯很快就供认了。 She confessed hating the boss. 她承认痛恨这个老板。 He confessed where he had hidden the money. 他供出了他藏钱的地方。 He confessed himself (to be) guilty. 他承认自己有罪。 I confessed myself beaten. 我承认自己被击败了。 They confessed themselves to have made a great mistake. 他们承认自己犯了大错。 He confessed himself out of contact with the times. 他承认自己与时代脱节。
• vt.
  听…忏悔
  The priest confessed the criminal. 神父听取那罪犯的忏悔。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
  2. admit, make a clean breast of;
  "She confessed that she had taken the money"
  3. confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith