confess
美 [k?n?fes]
英 [k?n'fes] 
- v.懺悔;坦白;告解;承認(自己感到羞愧或尷尬的事)
- 網絡供認;自白;傾訴
詞形變化
第三人稱單數:confesses 現在分詞:confessing 過去式:confessed 反義詞
同義詞
英漢雙解
1. | [i][t] 供認,坦白,承認(錯誤或罪行)to admit, especially formally or to the police, that you have done sth wrong or illegal |
| After hours of questioning, the suspect confessed. 經過數小時的審問后,嫌疑犯終于招供。 |
| She confessed to the murder. 她供認犯了謀殺罪。 |
| He confessed that he had stolen the money. 他承認他偷了那筆錢。 |
| We persuaded her to confess her crime. 我們說服她坦白她的罪行。 |
2. | [i][t] 承認(自己感到羞愧或尷尬的事)to admit sth that you feel ashamed or embarrassed about |
| She was reluctant to confess her ignorance. 她不愿承認她的無知。 |
| I must confess to knowing nothing about computers. 我得承認對電腦一竅不通。 |
| I confess (that) I know nothing about computers. 我承認我對電腦一竅不通。 |
| ‘I know nothing about them,’ he confessed. “我對他們一無所知。”他承認道。 |
| I confess myself bewildered by their explanation. 我承認他們的解釋使我感到困惑。 |
3. | [i][t] ~ (sth) (to sb) 懺悔;悔過;告罪;告解to tell God or a priest about the bad things you have done so that you can say that you are sorry and be forgiven |
4. | [t] ~ sb 聆聽(某人的)懺悔(或告罪、告解)to hear sb confess their sins(= the bad things they have done) |
英漢解釋
v. | 2. 表白(信仰);懺悔,向上帝[神父等]懺悔(罪惡) |
英英解釋
例句
Many folks still prefer good old Notepad or vi (I confess I'm one of those folk) and that's a great option as well.
許多人仍偏愛好用古老的記事本或vi(我承認我也是其中一員),這并不要緊。
Therefore, we were a bit more willing to confess our activities to Anne and sometimes benefited from her sisterly advice.
因此,我們更愿意向安妮坦白我們的所作所為,并且有時還會得益于她從姐姐角度所給出的建議。
She laughs and covers her mouth with her hand, as if about to confess a guilty secret.
她捂住嘴笑了,仿佛要承認一個罪惡的秘密。
The U. S. State Department has no comment but officials privately confess to a certain "schadenfreude" at Chinese difficulties.
美國國務院沒有發表評論,但官員們私下里坦誠,他們對中國的困境感到有些“幸災樂禍”。
I do not know what I could imagine, but I confess that I have seldom seen a face or figure more pleasing to me than hers.
我也不知道該怎么想,不過說實話,我從沒見過哪個人的臉蛋和身材能像她的那樣迷人。
Of course, I only had about six years of it, and I confess I may not even have been aware that it was the 19th century.
當然,我只有6年的經歷,而且坦白的說,當時我可能根本沒有意識到那就是19世紀。
Lowry denied the allegations and said he was pressured by federal agents to confess.
勞萊否認這一控訴并說他是因為受到聯邦特工的逼迫才作出承認的。
Torture was formerly used to make people give evidence about crimes, or to make them confess.
酷刑拷打原本用來逼迫受刑者給出犯罪證據,或是認罪。
Many confess they originally took a qualifying test "just to see if I could make it. "
許多人承認,他們參加一次門薩資格測驗,起初“純粹是為了看看自己能不能達標”。
Nor am I ashamed to confess my ignorance of what I do not know.
因此我是不知道的事就承認說不知道,并不害羞。
I confess that as a young girl I loved a man who would not marry me for want of a dowry.
我承認,作為一個年輕的姑娘我喜歡一個人誰不希望我結婚的嫁妝。
am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.
我不恥于承認對自己不懂的事情的無知。
Some human confess simple sins, like this as stealing a clam or starting at the cleft of a woman's bosom.
有些人懺悔一般的小過錯,比如偷了一只蛤蜊或者偷看女剛出生的孩子的乳溝。
I have to confess that Whitewater, especially the attacks on Hillary, took a bigger toll on me than I thought it would.
我必須承認,白水事件,尤其是對希拉里的抨擊,對我造成的負面影響比我原先想像的要大。
Scarlett knew that Rhett was not being patriotic and, though she would have died rather than confess it, she did not care.
思嘉知道瑞德并不愛國,而且,盡管她寧死也不承認,她對此毫不在乎。
I must confess that this trip was one the best ones I've had in a long time.
我也得承認,現在我認為這趟旅行在很長一段時間里最好的。
I was about to put my opinion to the test by inquiring of this gentleman when you interrupted with your own--larger theory, I must confess.
我正要尋問這位紳士來證實我的看法,恰好被你的理論所打斷,當然是更大的理論,我必須承認。
Try to avoid raising his fears that he might lose you if he were to confess to his true sexuality .
設法避免加強他的恐懼感,他也許會害怕因為交代了自己真實的性傾向而失去你。
Your letter arrived a few days ago and I must confess that this obligation completely slipped my mind.
你方的信幾天前已到,我必須承認,我把這件事給忘了。
Hett chose to keep Anakin's burden a secret, for it was ultimately up to Anakin to confess his transgressions to the Jedi Council.
赫特決定保守阿納金的秘密,因為阿納金必須自己向絕地委員會坦白罪責。
You would soon find it out if I had not the honesty to confess it.
要是我不老老實實地承認這一點,那你很快也會覺察出來的。
I must confess it grieved me that I must be the instrument to abuse so honest a gentleman.
想到我要做欺騙這個誠實君子的工具,心里的確很難過。
In August, I confess, the thought of suicide more than once crossed my own mind.
我承認,自殺的念頭在8月間也曾不止一次掠過我自己的心頭。
I confess to having heard of it.
我承認聽說過那事。
I confess I felt a little shy.
坦白地說,我倒有點害臊。
I confess I do not understand.
說句心里話,我是聽不懂。
The question of its literary value settled, then, I can confess that for me this little book has considerable value as testimony.
人們對它的文學價值有所定論之后,我才敢放心大膽地承認這本小冊子對我的重大價值,這是我內心的自白。
I would not be entirely honest, however, if I did not confess disappointment with some of the consequences of Bush administration policies.
不過,要是我說不對布什政府一些政策后果感到失望,就有些言不由衷了。
To confess the truth, I began to feel dizzy and then I got palpitations and felt limp.
說實在話,我起初感覺眩暈,然后心悸虛弱無力。
How do I confess that my prediction about him getting hurt is all down to his own mother?
我怎么能承認我給他的會受傷的預言是因為自己的母親?
Who can save them. There was no god but themselves. The moment they started to confess was the beginning of their self-redemption.
誰能拯救他們?沒有上帝,只有他們自己,從懺悔的那一刻開始,也是他們尋求自贖之路的開始。
I must confess the news did come as something of a surprise to us.
我得說這消息對我們而言真是出乎意料
but the recapture of the Hispaniola was a clenching answer, and I hoped that even Captain Smollett would confess I had not lost my time.
也許我會因為擅離職守而受到指責,但奪回伊斯班裊拉號則是最有力的答復。我希望就是斯莫列特船長也會承認我沒有浪費時間。
She did bring herself, finally, to confess, and confide in me: there was not a soul else that she might fashion into an adviser.
最后她自己招認了,而且向我吐露了衷曲。除了我,還有誰能作她的顧問。
I confess there was more than one moment in 1981 when I felt ready to throw in the towel.
我坦率承認,在1981年,我不止一次感到要認輸了。
Need I confess that all this was just a means of getting to sleep?
需要我坦白說,這些都只是催眠的手段嗎?
I must confess, though, if I don't use Ant for a while, I have to go back and look up a lot of the information just to do basic things.
但是,我必須承認,如果沒有使用Ant一段時間,我必須查找大量的信息來完成基本的工作。
Confess to me all that lies between us, all that lies between you and me. We are the boxers in the ring. We are the bells that never sing.
向我懺悔我們之間的一切,你和我之間的一切。我們是聽到鈴聲的拳擊手。我們是永不會歌唱的鈴鐺。
Newman would later confess that the uptight, reserved Mr Bridge was the role closest to his own personality.
紐曼后來承認,片中那個不安,保守的布瑞吉先生是最接近他性格的角色。
I confess. . . as a girl I loved a man who would not marry me for want of a dowry.
我承認,當我還是一個女孩時,我愛上了一個男人,但他不會娶一個沒有嫁妝的女孩。
The police have got a confession out of her, ie have made her confess.
警方逼她招了供。
You would soon find it out if I had not the honesty to confess it.
要是我不老老實實地承認這一點,那你很快也會覺察出來的。
I must confess, that if I had been in the young lady's place, I would, at least, have swept the hearth, and wiped the tables with a duster.
我必須承認,如果我處在這位年輕的夫人的地位上,至少,我要掃掃壁爐,用個雞毛帚撣撣桌子。
I confess I pray still to feel the touch of my lover's lips. His hands upon me, his arms enfolding me. . . Such surrender has been mine.
我坦白,我禱告還可以感受到我情人的唇,他的手,他的臂膀,還在擁抱和撫摸著我,這樣的臣服才是我的。
I confess that it is principally because of this that I mount the podium today, that the question of socialism might finally be settled.
我承認我今天站在這個講壇主要是因為社會主義的問題最終要被決定。
She knew that she must confess the truth to Robert before he witnessed something that would alarm him.
她了解到她必須在羅伯特注意到什么之前向他坦白。