confessional是什么意思？

confessional

英[kənˈfeʃənl] 美[kənˈfɛʃənəl]

• n. 忏悔室，（教堂内的）告解室，“confession”的派生；
• adj. 忏悔的，自白的，“confession”的派生；

复数：confessionals;

例句

• Unlike Lowell's, his poems are neither autobiographical nor confessional. 和洛厄尔不同, 他的诗既不是自传性质的,也不是忏悔的.
• Laundry warrior Zatik - Sawyer uses a digital version of the kitchen - table confessional. “洗衣房战士”艾米利·亚扎提克·萨雅利用电子技术来表达自己的感受.
• The convictions rest solely on disputed witness and confessional statements. 仅仅根据有争议的目击者证言和供词就定了罪。
• Their first album was painfully frank to the point of being confessional. 他们的第一张专辑是那么的坦率，近乎自白。
• The convictions rest solely on disputed witness and confessional statements... 仅仅根据有争议的目击者证言和供词就定了罪。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  (尤指天主教教堂的)告解室
  A confessional is the small room in a church where Christians, especially Roman Catholics, go to confess their sins.
• ADJ-GRADED
  忏悔的;自白的
  A confessional speech or writing contains confessions.
  例句
  The convictions rest solely on disputed witness and confessional statements... 仅仅根据有争议的目击者证言和供词就定了罪。 Their first album was painfully frank to the point of being confessional. 他们的第一张专辑是那么的坦率，近乎自白。
• N-COUNT
  忏悔;自白;检讨会；自我批评会
  A confessional is a statement or meeting in which people confess things.
  例句
  In regular group confessionals, the worst performers have to explain themselves to their peers. 在定期举行的集体检讨会上，表现最差的人必须向同事作出解释。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions