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

• 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。
• Indeed, he confesses to having a sort of crush on his creation, and answers No a bit too quickly when I ask whether we should assume that Nathan, who lives alone in his glass house with his android Galateas, has had sex with Ava.
  我问他，我们是不是应该认为内森与爱娃发生过性关系内森与他的机器人美女居住在同一个玻璃房子里加兰的否定回答来得有点太快了。
• Still, he confesses: I betray my art every day for a paycheck.
  不过，他坦言：我每天都为了收入而出卖自己的演技。
• 'It probably shows up a deeply immature part of my psyche,' he confesses
  “它可能表现了我内心很不成熟的一面，”他承认道。
• Somewhat sheepishly he confesses, ''I've just learned to live with my own guilt.''
  他有些胆怯地承认：我已学会了承认我自己的罪过。
• Because he has no arrogance, but confesses and repents.
  因为他没有傲慢，而且坦诚和忏悔。
• "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。
• Mollie confesses she is rather partial to pink
  莫莉承认她偏爱粉红色。
• This man confesses to shooting you in cold blood.
  这男人承认残忍地向你开枪。
• 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。