| 词汇 | self-confessed |
| 释义 | self-confessed adjective[ before noun ] uk /ˌself.kənˈfest/ us /ˌself.kənˈfest/ admitting to having a characteristic that is considered to be bad or not acceptable: 自我坦白的;自己承认的 New evidence from a self-confessed liar was not enough to justify a retrial.一位承认自己说谎的人提供的新证据并不足以说明案件需要重审。 a self-confessed gambler/alcoholic承认自己赌博／酗酒的人 Admitting & confessing acknowledge something as something acknowledgedly acknowledgment admission of guilt admittedly avowedly breastbeating clean climb down come cleanidiom concede confess hand retraction self-admittedly self-confessedly self-confession stand swallow your wordsidiom take something back Examples of self-confessedself-confessed What the book lacks in theoretical sophistication is more than made up for by its author's self-confessed empiricism. For the self-confessed fundamentalist, to be thus called is proudly taken as a recognition that someone has stuck rigidly to the fundamental tenets of their faith. Grammarians would seem to be caught in the middle, but their responses to the naming struggle are difficult to chart because it is rare nowadays to find a self-confessed grammarian. Why cannot the unconvicted prisoners go into the open prisons and let the self-confessed convicted criminals go into the closed prisons? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their lawlessness is self-confessed, as is their anarchy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is their self-confessed ambition to do away with it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am referring to the self-confessed defect within the pages of the document namely, that it is not a plan. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With regard to his confusion or self-confessed inability to understand the third paragraph on page 101, he is not by himself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That intervention is helpful because it is made by a self-confessed enthusiast for the ghastly measure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Every person ever convicted of badger-digging has been a self-confessed foxhunting terrier man. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I stand before you as a self-confessed criminal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His incompetence is self-confessed as well as obvious. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It concerned a self-confessed millionaire tax dodger who had exiled himself but who came back when he owed £500,000 in tax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a man who is a self-confessed intellectual snob. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A self-confessed thief received compensation of £6,000, which seems bizarre. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of self-confessed These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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