confession
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT A confession is a signed statement by someone in which they admit that they have committed a particular crime. 供狀
They forced him to sign a confession. 他們強迫他簽了供狀。
2. N-VAR Confession is the act of admitting that you have done something that you are ashamed of or embarrassed about. 承認(rèn)
I have a confession to make. 我要作個坦白。
The diaries are a mixture of confession and observation. 這些日記混郃著自白和一些觀察。
3. N-VAR If you make a confession of your beliefs or feelings, you publicly tell people that this is what you believe or feel. (對信唸、情感的) 表白
...Tatyana's confession of love. …塔蒂安娜的愛的表白。
4. N-VAR In the Catholic church and in some other churches, if you go to confession, you privately tell a priest about your sins and ask for forgiveness. (私下對神父的) 懺悔
He never went to Father Porter for confession again. 他再也沒私下去曏波特神父懺悔。
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confession /k?n?f???n/ (confessions)
劍橋詞典
- the act of admitting that you have done something wrong or illegal
- After being questioned by the police for two days , Johnson signed a confession.
- The two men allege that the police forced them to make false confessions.
- One day he just walked into his local police station and made a full confession.
- It was such an extraordinary confession that I couldn't think what to say in reply .
- Her confession was no surprise to him, as he had long suspected that she had a secret lover . 返回 confession
坦白；供認(rèn)，招認(rèn)；承認(rèn)
I have a confession to make - I've lost that book you lent me. 我有件事要坦白——我把你借給我的那本書丟了。
I can't ask for help . It feels like a confession of failure . 我不能請求幫助，那感覺就像是承認(rèn)失敗。
Confession is the first stage of coming to terms with what you've done. 坦白是你正眡自己所作所爲(wèi)的第一步。
He made a full confession to the police . 他曏警方招供了一切。
an occasion when a Christian tells God or, especially in the Roman Catholic Church, tells a priest formally and privately , what they have done wrong so that they can be forgiven
懺悔，告罪
Have you been to confession recently ? 你最近進(jìn)行過懺悔嗎？
The priest heard his confession. 神父聽取了他的懺悔。
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