詞彙精選：confess的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
v.
坦白，供認，承認 [T]
例句：
For me, her pettishness is one of her charms, I confess it.
對我來說，我承認，她的怪脾氣正是她的可愛之處。
例句：
I have to confess something.
我必須坦白一件事。
懺悔，告解 [T]
例句：
I absolve you, on the ground of invincible ignorance.
不會的，因爲我們只要向神父懺悔我們的罪行，他們就不得不寬恕我們。
例句：
A priest visited her to confess her every day.
一位神父天天前來聽她懺悔。
表明信仰，表白 [T]
例句：
Did you confess your love for her?
你有沒有向她表白？
【書】證明 [T]
例句：
Do you want to confess it?
你想證明這件事嗎？
二、詞義辨析：
acknowledge,admit,confess,recognize,concede
這些動詞均含“承認”之意。acknowledge通常指公開承認某事的真實情況或自己的過錯。 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。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。concede指在事實與證據面前勉強或不得不承認。
三、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.
許多基督徒定期向神父懺悔。
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。
