| 词汇 | confessing |
| 释义 | confessing present participle ofconfess confess verb[ I or T ] uk /kənˈfes/ us /kənˈfes/ B2 to admit that you have done something wrong or something that you feel guilty or bad about: 坦白;供认，招认;承认（错误或罪行） [ + that ]She confessed to her husband that she had sold her wedding ring.她向丈夫坦白她卖掉了结婚戒指。 He confessed to sleeping/having slept through most of the movie.他承认看这部电影时大部分时间都在睡觉。 He has confessed to the murder.他供认了谋杀罪行。 [ + (that) ]I have to confess (that) when I first met Reece I didn't think he was very bright.我得承认，我第一次见到瑞斯的时候，觉得他不是很聪明。 It was all very confusing, I must confess.我得承认，我觉得这一切太令人费解了。 Synonyms admit(ACCEPT) avowformal own up to say that you are wrong confessRawlinson finally confessed to the robbery. own upCome on, own up - who's eaten the last sandwich? fess upFess up - you wanted to go to the cinema instead, didn't you? come cleanI decided to come clean about the broken vase. concedeShe did eventually concede that the instructions were not very clear. admitHe admitted that he had been wrong. in the Christian religion, especially the Roman Catholic Church, to tell God or a priest what you have done wrong so that you can be forgiven: （基督教、尤指天主教中向上帝或神父）忏悔 to confess your sins忏悔你的罪过 I have to confess I'm a bit of a sucker for musicals. I must confess that I got my sums wrong - the house extension is costing a lot more than I expected.我必须承认我算错了账——房子的扩建费用大大超出了我的预期。 The killer confessed that he often drugged his victims before he killed them.那名杀手供认在杀人之前他通常对受害者使用麻醉剂。 He was granted immunity from prosecution because he confessed the names of the other spies.他因供出了其他间谍的名字而免受起诉。 He confessed that he had sinful thoughts.他承认曾动过邪念。 Admitting & confessing acknowledge something as something acknowledgedly acknowledgment admission of guilt admittedly avowedly breastbeating clean climb down come cleanidiom confess hold/put your hands upidiom retraction self-admittedly self-confessed self-confessedly self-confession stand swallow your wordsidiom take something back You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Religious concepts: forgiveness in religion Religious practices Examples of confessingconfessing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. At the heart of their message was the practice of confessing private sin. Nobody prevents us from confessing our religion. Cyprian attacked the claim of the confessing martyr to give absolution independent of the more formal authority of a bishop on the grounds that this practice was radically new. The majority of those accused of insanity were involved in religious scandals, either claiming prophecy or some extraordinary religious experience or confessing to have gone astray to commit apostasy. Three lots of plumbers came, confessing that they were unable to deal with the situation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If he fails to do so, he will be confessing that he has something to hide. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All we are doing is to ask him to act handsomely in confessing the error which he has made. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am confessing quite plainly that we were in error. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Ultimately, and sadly, it leads to the suspect confessing to offences that are not proved in any other way before the court. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But, instead of coming and confessing failure—not their failure; they did not initiate the scheme—they are to blame to-day for continuing it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She took it home, copied out large chunks of it, confessing that she did not really understand very much of it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The fact that we are now openly confessing to this kind of thing is a sign of moral degradation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After all, there is nothing to be ashamed of in confessing that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You are thereby confessing that inadequate representation of women would be obtained through other channels. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am confessing my ignorance of this matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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