confess的用法總結
confess是坦白的意思,下面小編給你分享它的更多知識!
釋義
confess
vt. 承認;坦白;懺悔;供認
vi. 承認;坦白;懺悔;供認
[ 過去式 confessed 過去分詞 confessed 現(xiàn)在分詞 confessing 第三人稱單數 confesses ]
詞語辨析
concede, acknowledge, recognize, admit, confess這組詞都有“承認”的意思,其區(qū)別是:
concede 指在事實與證據面前勉強或不得不承認。
acknowledge 通常指公開承認某事的真實情況或自己的過錯。
recognize 作“承認”解時,系書面用詞,主要指合法的或外交上的承認,也指公認。
admit 強調因外力或良心驅使或經判斷而明確承認,多含不情愿或被迫意味。
confess 語氣較強,著重承認自己意識到的錯誤或罪行,含坦白懺悔的意味。
參考例句
I have to confess something.
我必須坦白一件事。
Did you confess your love for her?
你有沒有向她表白?
Many Christians regularly confess to a priest.
許多__定期向神父懺悔。
Do you want to confess it?
你想證明這件事嗎?
But I confess it was me that started the wave.
但我必須承認是我掀起了人浪場面。
They tortured the man to make him confess his crime.
他們拷打那個人, 使他招認他的罪行。
The police tortured him to confess his crime.
警察拷打他,逼他招供。
A priest visited her to confess her every day.
一位神父天天前來聽她懺悔。
He might have been able to confess to Simonetta.
他也許能向西蒙內塔懺悔。
Most people confess to have a bad memory.
大多數人都承認記性差。