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，多含不情願或被迫意味。

confess 語氣較強，着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。