1. 承认，供认，交代，坦白，自白
2. 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

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

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

1.承认，供认，坦白(自己做错的事)
If someoneconfesses to doing something wrong, they admit that they did it.

confess的反义词

e.g. He had confessed to seventeen murders...
他供认了17起谋杀案。
e.g. Her husband confessed to having had an affair...
她丈夫承认有过外遇。

2.(向上帝或神甫)忏悔，告解(罪过)
If someoneconfesses orconfesses their sins, they tell God or a priest about their sins so that they can be forgiven.

confess什么意思

e.g. You just go to the church andconfess your sins...
你干脆去教堂忏悔自己的罪过吧。
e.g. Once we have confessed our failures and mistakes to God, we should stop feeling guilty.
一旦我们向上帝告明了自己的过失和错误，就不该再觉得内疚。

3.我承认，我必须承认(用来对自己的过失等略表歉意)
You use expressions like 'I confess', 'I must confess', or 'I have to confess' to apologize slightly for admitting something you are ashamed of or that you think might offend or annoy someone.

e.g. Iconfess it's got me baffled...
我承认这把我难倒了。
e.g. I mustconfess I'm not a great enthusiast for long political programmes.
我必须承认自己对时间很长的政治节目不是很热衷。

1. confess的意思

1. 承认：这个时候女孩,如果他承认(confess)他爱我,我会放弃一切(give up all)嫁给他. 但最后他什么也没有表示(do nothing of the kind),只是对方可以看到眼中都多了一股淡淡的忧伤(a touch of sadness). 当她穿上结婚礼服(bride's gown),

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2. 忏悔：6.悔改(repent)和忏悔(confess)尼克E开利福大(NickKalivoda)在路易士安那州立大学的『成人教育系』担任教师十多年,专讲圣经学及圣经考古学. 他并教导『校园查经班』多年,从1986年开始作无线电广播讲解圣经专题. 他持有卫登大学圣经考古学的学士学位,

3. 告解：我国儒家的道德教化、西方基督教的告解(confess)观念,都支持这一点. 法律制度不是抽象、封闭的逻辑或概念体系,要随着社会的发展而调整和改变. 随着摄像、窃听技术的发展,随着人们越来越依赖新的科技手段来交流,

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。

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。

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。

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。

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

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。

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。

• 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

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。

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。