confessions是什么意思？

confessions

英[kən'feʃnz] 美[kən'feʃnz]

• n. 承认( confession的名词复数 )，自首，声明，（向神父的）忏悔；

例句

• Chillingly, the state - controlled media have taken airing purported confessions from some of these prisoners. 更让人毛骨悚然的是, 当局掌控的媒体已经披露某些疑似入狱者的自白.
• The confessions were obtained by what amounts to torture. 这些供状是用近乎逼供的方式得来的。
• It is strictly forbidden to obtain confessions and to give them credence. 严禁逼供信.
• Neither trickery nor coercion is used to secure confessions. 既不诱供也不逼供.
• Some magistrates have abused their powers of arrest to extort confessions. 有些地方执法官滥用逮捕权进行逼供。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  供状;供词
  A confession is a signed statement by someone in which they admit that they have committed a particular crime.
  例句
  They forced him to sign a confession. 他们强迫他在一份供词上签名。
• N-VAR
  (对使自己羞愧或尴尬之事的)承认，坦白
  Confession is the act of admitting that you have done something that you are ashamed of or embarrassed about.
  例句
  The diaries are a mixture of confession and observation... 这些日记既有自白，也有评论。 I have a confession to make. 我有件事要坦白。
• N-VAR
  声明;告白;表白
  If you make a confession of your beliefs or feelings, you publicly tell people that this is what you believe or feel.
  例句
  ...Tatyana's confession of love. 塔季扬娜爱的告白
• N-VAR
  (天主教会等的)忏悔，告解，办神工
  In the Catholic church and in some other churches, if you go to confession, you privately tell a priest about your sins and ask for forgiveness.
  例句
  He never went to Father Porter for confession again. 他再也没有向波特神甫作过告解。