confessing
[kənˈfesɪŋ]

v.

承认( confess的现在分词 )；聆听（某人的）忏悔（或告罪、告解）；（尤指罗马天主教会）忏悔；悔过

双语释义

v.(动词)

1. vt. & vi. 承认,供认 acknowledge; admit
2. vt. 忏悔 (of a priest) hear (a person) tell his sins in order to obtain forgiveness

英英释义

confess

• v.
  • confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure

    同义词：squealshrivefink

  • admit, make a clean breast of

    "She confessed that she had taken the money"

    同义词：concedeprofess

  • confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

• confess a crime认罪
• confess one's faults认错误
• confess the letter (to be) a forgery承认这封信是伪造的
• confess one's love坦陈爱慕之意
• confess one's mistakes认错
• confess one's sins忏悔罪过

～+副词

• confess soon很快承认
• confess candidly〔frankly, honestly〕坦率地承认
• confess fearfully害怕地承认
• confess hesitatingly犹豫不决地承认
• confess openly公开地承认
• confess readily乐于承认
• confess sincerely诚恳地承认
• confess sorrowfully伤心地承认
• confess truthfully如实地承认
• confess willingly自愿地承认

～+介词

• confess to供认…
• confess to being astonished at sth承认对某事大吃一惊
• confess to cheating on the exam承认考试作弊
• confess to a crime坦白罪行
• confess to doing sth bad承认做了不好的事情
• confess to God向上帝忏悔
• confess to the police向警察供认
• confess to the priest向牧师忏悔

双语例句

用作动词(v.)

1. I confess you are right on one point.
   我承认你在某一点上是正确的。
2. Now, I must confess that I'm at my wit's end.
   现在我必须承认我已毫无办法。
3. He confessed that he had never seen her before.
   他承认以前从未见过她。
4. He refused to confess to his crime.
   他拒绝认罪。
5. This elderly Italian guy goes to his parish priest to confess.
   一位年长的意大利男人来向他的神父告解。
6. Many Christians regularly confess to a priest.
   许多基督徒定期向神父忏悔。
7. The priest confessed the young man.
   神父听取那个青年的忏悔。

权威例句

The Confessing Society
Confessing excess: Women and the politics of body reduction.
The Confessing Society: Foucault, confession and practices of lifelong learning
Confessing All? A "Postmodern Guide"to the Guidance and Counselling of Adult Learners.
Confessing their Crime: Factors Influencing the Offender’s Decision to Confess to the Police
Inquisition and Power: Catharism and the Confessing Subject in Medieval Languedoc
The culture of confession from Augustine to Foucault: A genealogy of the 'confessing animal'
Stereotype threat in criminal interrogations: Why innocent Black suspects are at risk for confessing falsely.
Minimization and maximization techniques: assessing the perceived consequences of confessing and confession diagnosticity
Minimization and maximization techniques: Assessing the perceived consequences of confessing and confession diagnosticity