confesses

英 [kənˈfesɪz]

美 [kənˈfesɪz]

v.  供认，坦白，承认(错误或罪行); 承认(自己感到羞愧或尴尬的事); 忏悔(罪过); 悔过; 告罪; 告解
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柯林斯词典

• VERB 承认，供认，坦白(自己做错的事)
  If someoneconfessesto doing something wrong, they admit that they did it.
  1. He had confessed to seventeen murders...
     他供认了17起谋杀案。
  2. Her husband confessed to having had an affair...
     她丈夫承认有过外遇。
  3. I had expected her to confess that she only wrote these books for the money...
     我本以为她会承认写这些书只是为了钱。
  4. Most rape victims confess a feeling of helplessness...
     大部分强奸案受害者都承认有一种无助的感觉。
  5. Ray changed his mind, claiming that he had been forced into confessing...
     雷翻了供，声称自己是被逼招供的。
  6. 'I played a very bad match,' he confessed.
     “这场比赛我打得很差。”他坦白道。
• VERB (向上帝或神甫)忏悔，告解(罪过)
  If someoneconfessesorconfessestheir sins, they tell God or a priest about their sins so that they can be forgiven.
  1. You just go to the church and confess your sins...
     你干脆去教堂忏悔自己的罪过吧。
  2. 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.
  1. I confess it's got me baffled...
     我承认这把我难倒了。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• "I was hoping for a car," he confesses.
  “我原本想着一辆玩具车呢，”他坦白道。
• "The first time I saw you, Harry, I recognized you immediately," confesses Lupin.
  我第一次见到你，哈利，我立刻就认出了你。
• Take one man who confesses to his wife that he is on Prozac but cautions her to tell no one.
  例如，有一个人在向自己的妻子承认他在服用百忧解时，警告她不要告诉任何人。
• He is broken before God and confesses his own sin.
  他在神面前破碎自己，并承认自己的罪。
• This man confesses to shooting you in cold blood.
  这男人承认残忍地向你开枪。
• Dryden confesses of himself and his contemporaries that they fall below Donne in wit, but maintains that they surpass him in poetry.
  德莱顿承认他自己和他的同辈在机智上不如邓恩，但在诗歌上他们坚持超越了他。
• Yes, I'm addicted and have been for more than 10 years, she confesses.
  她承认：的确，我已经沉迷于这个牌子十多年了。
• 'I am bored with finance and interested in worthier missions,'like climate change and medicine, the'Black Swan'author confesses on his website.
  这位“黑天鹅”理论的创建者在其网站上承认，他已对金融感到厌倦，并对诸如气候变化及医药等更具价值的使命感兴。
• Personality: He rarely confesses his real thoughts, but he is humorous and a joy for the kids.
  个性：很少说出心里话，但是语言幽默，是孩子们的开心果。
• Confessor: One who confesses faith in Christianity in the face of persecution but does not suffer martyrdom.
  基督教信徒：指在迫害面前声称信仰基督教但并未殉道者。