confess

听听怎么读

英 [kənˈfes]

美 [kənˈfɛs]

是什么意思

供认；坦白；承认；悔过

变形

过去式：confessed过去分词：confessed现在分词：confessing第三人称单数：confesses

双语释义

v.(动词)

vt. & vi. 承认,供认 acknowledge; admit
vt. 忏悔 (of a priest) hear (a person) tell his sins in order to obtain forgiveness

英英释义

confess[ kən'fes ]

v.
- confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
  同义词：squealshrivefink
- admit, make a clean breast of
  "She confessed that she had taken the money"
  同义词：concedeprofess
- confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith

学习怎么用

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

confess a crime认罪
confess one's faults认错误
confess the letter (to be) a forgery承认这封信是伪造的
confess one's love坦陈爱慕之意
confess one's mistakes认错
confess one's sins忏悔罪过

～+副词

confess soon很快承认
confess candidly〔frankly, honestly〕坦率地承认
confess fearfully害怕地承认
confess hesitatingly犹豫不决地承认
confess openly公开地承认
confess readily乐于承认
confess sincerely诚恳地承认
confess sorrowfully伤心地承认
confess truthfully如实地承认
confess willingly自愿地承认

～+介词

confess to供认…
confess to being astonished at sth承认对某事大吃一惊
confess to cheating on the exam承认考试作弊
confess to a crime坦白罪行
confess to doing sth bad承认做了不好的事情
confess to God向上帝忏悔
confess to the police向警察供认
confess to the priest向牧师忏悔

同近义词辨析

concede, acknowledge, recognize, admit, confess

这组词都有“承认”的意思，其区别是：

concede指在事实与证据面前勉强或不得不承认。

acknowledge通常指公开承认某事的真实情况或自己的过错。

recognize作“承认”解时，系书面用词，主要指合法的或外交上的承认，也指公认。

admit强调因外力或良心驱使或经判断而明确承认，多含不情愿或被迫意味。

confess语气较强，着重承认自己意识到的错误或罪行，含坦白忏悔的意味。

admit, confess

这组词都有“承认”的意思，其区别是：

admit 指大胆地承认以前试图不论或推诿的坏事。如：John has admitted to breaking the window. (约翰已承认打破了窗玻璃。)

confess 常指承认错误，罪行等。如：The thief confessed his crime to the police. (小偷向警察承认了罪行。)

concede, admit, confess

这组词都有“承认”的意思，其区别是：

concedev.指曾想隐瞒或不愿意承认某一错误，但由于证据确凿而不得不勉强承认，还可以指"以退为进"的承认。

The man who caused the accident finally conceded to the police that he had done it.造成这次交通事故的人最终向警察承认他是肇事人。

admitv.指由于说服、再三追问而"承认"某一事实或过错。

I admit that you have a point.我承认你有理。

confessv.供认(罪行、过错等)，含有"坦白、招认"的意思。

He confessed his crimes to the judge.他向法官供认了他的罪行。

acknowledge, assigned, allocate, allot, admit, confess

acknowledge表承认某事可以承担责任

assigned用途明确，但“指定”意味强，常常暗示分配人的武断性

allocate正式用词，尤指政府部门拨出定额款项的行为

allot指完整或定量的东西分为若干份来分配，不强调公平性和数量上的平均

admit表被迫承认做过某事

confess承认一些不好的事情，常有“忏悔”之意

双语例句

用作动词(v.)

I confess you are right on one point.
我承认你在某一点上是正确的。
Now, I must confess that I'm at my wit's end.
现在我必须承认我已毫无办法。
He confessed that he had never seen her before.
他承认以前从未见过她。
He refused to confess to his crime.
他拒绝认罪。
This elderly Italian guy goes to his parish priest to confess.
一位年长的意大利男人来向他的神父告解。
Many Christians regularly confess to a priest.
许多基督徒定期向神父忏悔。
The priest confessed the young man.
神父听取那个青年的忏悔。

权威例句

Competence to Confess
What Makes Sex Offenders Confess? An Exploratory Study
CONFESS — An Incentive Compatible Reputation Mechanism for the Online Hotel Booking Industry
A critical review of published competency-to-confess measures.
Our ordered lives confess : three nineteenth-century American missionaries in East Shantung
The reasons why suspects confess during custodial interrogation: data for Northern Ireland.
Competence to confess: measuring understanding and suggestibility of defendants with mental retardation
You’re guilty, so just confess!: Cognitive and behavioral confirmation biases in the interrogation room
On the Criminalization of the System of Leniency to Those Who Confess Their Crimes
Custodial interrogation: Why do suspects confess and how does it relate to their crime, attitude and personality?

同义词

recognize grant fess agree acknowledge accept

反义词

conceal

同根词

confessor confessional confession confessedly confess

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