柯林斯詞典confess /k?n?f?s/ (confessing,confessed,confesses) 1. V-T/V-I If someone confesses to doing something wrong, they admit that they did it. 承認(rèn) (做了某事) He had confessed to seventeen murders. 他已供認(rèn)了17項謀殺罪。 I had expected her to confess that she only wrote these books for the money. 我曾期望她承認(rèn)她寫這些書僅僅是爲(wèi)了錢。 Ray changed his mind, claiming that he had been forced into confessing. 雷改變了主意，聲稱他是被迫承認(rèn)的。2. V-T/V-I If someone confesses or confesses their sins, they tell God or a priest about their sins so that they can be forgiven. 懺悔 You just go to the church and confess your sins. 你就去教堂懺悔你的罪過吧。 返回 confess劍橋詞典to admit that you have done something wrong or something that you feel guilty or bad about 坦白；供認(rèn)，招認(rèn)；承認(rèn)（錯誤或罪行） [ 詞或詞組後麪接一個that從句 ] She confessed to her husband that she had sold her wedding ring . 她曏丈夫坦白她賣掉了結(jié)婚戒指。 He confessed to sleep ing/having slept through most of the movie . 他承認(rèn)看這部電影時大部分時間都在睡覺。 He has confessed to the murder . 他供認(rèn)了謀殺罪行。 [ 詞或詞組後麪接一個that從句 ] I have to confess (that) when I first met Reece I didn't think he was very bright . 我得承認(rèn)，我第一次見到瑞斯的時候，覺得他不是很聰明。 It was all very confusing , I must confess. 我得承認(rèn)，我覺得這一切太令人費解了。 in the Christian religion , especially the Roman Catholic Church, to tell God or a priest what you have done wrong so that you can be forgiven （基督教、尤指天主教中曏上帝或神父）懺悔 to confess your sins 懺悔你的罪過 例句 I have to confess I'm a bit of a sucker for musicals .I must confess that I got my sums wrong - the house extension is costing a lot more than I expected .The killer confessed that he often drugged his victims before he killed them.He was granted immunity from prosecution because he confessed the names of the other spies .He confessed that he had sinful thoughts . 返回 confess