[kən'fes]
confess
v. 承认,告白,忏悔

词形变化:

副词:confessedly 动词过去式:confessed 过去分词:confessed 现在分词:confessing 第三人称单数:confesses 形容词:confessable

例句与用法:

  1. He confessed that he had never seen her before.
    他承认以前从未见过她。
  2. The priest confessed the young man.
    神父听取那个青年的忏悔。

英英解释:

动词 confess:

  1. confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
  2. 同义词:squeal, shrive, fink
  3. admit, make a clean breast of
  4. 同义词:concede, profess
  5. confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith