confessing

英 [kənˈfesɪŋ]

美 [kənˈfesɪŋ]

v.  供认，坦白，承认(错误或罪行); 承认(自己感到羞愧或尴尬的事); 忏悔(罪过); 悔过; 告罪; 告解
confess的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 承认，供认，坦白(自己做错的事)
  If someoneconfessesto doing something wrong, they admit that they did it.
  1. He had confessed to seventeen murders...
     他供认了17起谋杀案。
  2. Her husband confessed to having had an affair...
     她丈夫承认有过外遇。
  3. I had expected her to confess that she only wrote these books for the money...
     我本以为她会承认写这些书只是为了钱。
  4. Most rape victims confess a feeling of helplessness...
     大部分强奸案受害者都承认有一种无助的感觉。
  5. Ray changed his mind, claiming that he had been forced into confessing...
     雷翻了供，声称自己是被逼招供的。
  6. 'I played a very bad match,' he confessed.
     “这场比赛我打得很差。”他坦白道。
• VERB (向上帝或神甫)忏悔，告解(罪过)
  If someoneconfessesorconfessestheir sins, they tell God or a priest about their sins so that they can be forgiven.
  1. You just go to the church and confess your sins...
     你干脆去教堂忏悔自己的罪过吧。
  2. 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。
• PHRASE 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.
  1. I confess it's got me baffled...
     我承认这把我难倒了。
  2. I must confess 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。

双语例句

• It is like a gourmand confessing he loves McNuggets.
  这就像让一位美食家承认他喜欢吃快餐店里的老什子炸鸡一样难堪。
• He surprised me by confessing his sins.
  他坦白认罪使我吃惊。
• People like confessing to a priest because it cleanses their soul.
  人们喜欢向一个教士反悔。因为如许能净化他们的魂魄。
• What is there to be ashamed of confessing one's errors?
  承认自己的错误有什么可羞惭的呢？
• She tried to salve her conscience by confessing everything in her diary.
  她藉著在日记中供认一切试图减轻她的良心不安。
• Unless he is confessing intense love, he hardly ever looks into someone else's eyes for very long.
  除非他交代强烈的爱，他几乎不调查别人的为非常长期注视。
• If you mean confessing, we're bound to do that.
  如果你说的是招供，那我们还是要招供的。
• Her reason for confessing to a crime that she never committed remains shrouded in mystery.
  她承认了从未犯过的罪行，其原因一直是个谜团。
• Pray in our own way, confessing our needs, and trust Him to do the rest.
  我们只要真诚祈祷，向神坦诚我们的需要，并信靠圣灵会替我们作馀下的工作。
• While sinners, now confessing, The gospel call obey.
  待看罪人都认罪，大家顺从福音。