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

• 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。
• However Lolita confesses that she does receive a fair share of negative criticism online.
  然而，洛丽塔也承认在网络上她收到了一些负面的评价。
• Wentworth confesses that he receives some eye-popping fan mail but is not always able to write back.
  米帅承认他有收到过一些弹眼落睛的粉丝来信，也不能都回。
• She confesses her terrible fears about the world and the state of her marriage.
  她承认她的可怕的担心世界和国家的婚姻。
• Because he has no arrogance, but confesses and repents.
  因为他没有傲慢，而且坦诚和忏悔。
• "I was hoping for a car," he confesses.
  “我原本想着一辆玩具车呢，”他坦白道。
• 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。
• Larry confesses his plight to his unbelieving father, Sir John, who then joins the villagers in a hunt for the wolf.
  他承认他的困境，拉里不信，约翰爵士，他父亲就加入了村民在搜寻那只狼。
• A wild storm breaks out and in terror she confesses her guilt.
  一场狂野的风暴呼啸而来，在惊恐中，她承认自己的罪行。
• "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。