confess

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• v. 承认；供认；告解；听取忏悔

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 承认,供认

   acknowledge; admit

2. vt. 忏悔

   (of a priest) hear (a person) tell his sins in order to obtain forgiveness

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 承认，供认，交代，坦白，自白
2. <书>证明
3. 忏悔，向上帝忏悔（罪恶），向...忏悔
4. 听取（教徒）忏悔，为…办告解
5. 表白（信仰）
6. 承认错误、过失或罪行，认罪，告解，告罪
7. 参加公开的忏悔，（向神甫）忏悔
8. 聆听忏悔

英英释义

Verb:

1. confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure

2. admit (to a wrongdoing);

   "She confessed that she had taken the money"
   

3. confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. I confess you are right on one point.
   我承认你在某一点上是正确的。
2. 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。
3. He confessed that he had never seen her before.
   他承认以前从未见过她。
4. He refused to confess to his crime.
   他拒绝认罪。
5. 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。
6. Many Christians regularly confess to a priest.
   许多基督徒定期向神父忏悔。
7. The priest confessed the young man.
   神父听取那个青年的忏悔。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. The criminal was caught red-handed, all he could do was to confess.
   罪犯被当场捉住,他只能认罪。
2. The criminal soon confessed.
   罪犯很快就供认了。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. He confessed his guilt.
   他认罪了。
2. You will have to confess your error.
   你必须承认你的错误。
3. He has confessed his crime in court.
   他已在法庭上坦白了罪行。

S+～+ v -ing

1. She confessed hating the boss.
   她承认痛恨这个老板。
2. I confessed telling a lie.
   我承认我说了谎。
3. They confessed taking part in a plot to free the prisoner.
   他们供认自己参与了企图营救那个囚犯的密谋。
4. I confessed having met her.
   我承认,我遇见过她。
5. He confesses having done it.
   他承认是他干的。

S+～+that-clause

1. Tom confessed that he'd eaten all the cakes.
   汤姆承认他吃掉了所有的蛋糕。
2. She confessed that she had broken the vase.
   她承认花瓶是她打的。
3. The girl confessed that she had committed the crime in complicity with her friend.
   那女孩承认她和朋友一起犯了此罪。

S+～+wh-clause

1. He confessed where he had hidden the money.
   他供出了他藏钱的地方。

用作宾补动词

S+～+ n./pron. +(to be) adj./v -ed

1. The police have confessed themselves completely puzzled by this strange crime.
   警方承认他们完全被这桩奇特的罪案搞糊涂了。

经典引文

• I here confess myself the King of Tyre.

  出自：Pericles , Shakespeare

• A distorted knowledge, it must be confessed, of religious duty.

  出自： E. Peacock

• It would be interesting to know what sins she confessed.

  出自： J. Steinbeck

• Instead..of confessing their real plight, they made efforts to conceal it.

  出自： G. F. Kennan

• I must confess that this conversation bores me.

  出自： N. Mailer

• They confessed things to each other.

  出自： M. Bradbury

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

confess to (v.+prep.)

承认,坦白(罪过等); 承认有(某种看法或意见) admit (sth such as guilt or an opinion )
confess to sb
He confessed to the priest before he died.

他临终前向神父忏悔。 confess sth to sb
Many Christians regularly confess their guilty actions and thoughts to a priest.

很多基督徒都定期向牧师忏悔他们的罪行和恶念。 confess to sth/v-ing
The prisoner confessed to his part in the crime.

这个囚犯承认了他在这场犯罪活动中的罪责。
I have to confess to a hatred of modern music.

我不得不承认,我讨厌现代音乐。
I confess to some suspicion of your honesty.

我承认对你的诚实有怀疑。
Most people confess to a bad memory.

大多数人都承认自己的记忆力不好。
She confessed to stealing the jewels.

她承认偷了宝石。
He confessed to cheating on the exam.

他承认自己考试作弊。

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

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. confess的基本意思是“承认”,指承认自己认为是错误的东西,含有尊重他人意见的意思，引申可表示“忏悔”。
2. confess可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,可接名词、动名词或名词从句作宾语,也可接以“(to be+) adj. ”充当补足语的复合宾语。
3. confess不能接动词不定式,也不用于被动结构。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

confess, acknowledge, admit, own

• 这四个词都有“公开承认”的意思。其区别是：
• 1.acknowledge和admit所承认的是不对的或不光彩的事实; confess指承认“错误及罪行”; own承认的不一定是“错误及罪行”,只是一般地表明自己的感觉及处境。例如:
• He acknowledged that he was your inferior.他承认他不及你。
• Did he admit to stealing it?他承认是他偷的吗?
• He confessed where he had hidden the money.他供出了他藏钱的地方。
• 2.acknowledge强调在一定压力下承认, admit强调勉强承认。例如:
• Dan acknowledged himself as criminal.达恩承认自己是罪人。
• I admit to a natural fear.我承认生来胆小。
• 3.acknowledge所承认的一般是隐蔽的, admit, confess和own所承认的不一定是隐蔽的。例如:
• Jane acknowledged using her father's motor-car.珍妮承认用了她父亲的摩托车。
• They admitted my statement to be reasonable.他们承认我的陈述有道理。
• The police have confessed themselves completely puzzled by this strange crime.警方承认他们完全被这桩奇特的罪案搞糊涂了。
• 4.confess语气上较强,属正式语体; own则不如confess正式。
• 5.这四个词用作及物动词时,都可接简单宾语或复合宾语,除own外,其他词均可接动名词。admit, confess和own用作不及物动词都可与介词to搭配,其后均可接动名词。例如:
• They acknowledged having been defeated.他们认输了。
• He confessed taking part in a plot to free the prisoner.他供认自己参与了企图营救那个囚犯的密谋。
• She admitted having done wrong.她承认自己做错了。

acknowledge，admit，confess，recognize，concede

• 这些动词均含“承认”之意。
• acknowledge通常指公开承认某事的真实情况或自己的过错。
• 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。
• 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。
• concede指在事实与证据面前勉强或不得不承认。

近反义词

【近义词】

• acknowledge 承认
• admit 承认
• profess 声称
• consent 同意
• own up 坦白地承认
• come clean <口>全盘托出...
• declare 宣布（声明）...
• affirm 证实
• assert 断言
• make known 发表
• concede 承认
• air 空气
• squeal 用长而尖的声音说...
• fink 破坏及反罢工的人...
• recognize 承认

【反义词】

• conceal 隐藏