confess的意思

confess

英 /kən'fes/ 美 /kən'fɛs/

  • 四级
  • 考研
  • 雅思

基本释义

  • v 供认,承认;坦白

    to admit, especially to the police, that you have done something wrong or illegal

例句

  1. Occasionally people confess to crimes they haven’t committed just to get attention.

    偶尔人们会承认自己并未犯过的罪行,那只是为了引人注意。

  2. Torture was used and Fian confessed.

    酷刑用过之后菲安就招供了。

近义词

vt 承认;坦白;忏悔;[法]供认
vi 承认;坦白;忏悔;[法]供认

同根词

adj confessional 忏悔的;自白的
adv confessedly 公开承认地;明白供认地;自称地
n confession 忏悔,告解;供认、confessional 忏悔室;告解室、confessor 忏悔者;为信教而被迫害的教徒