Confess
[kən'fes] or [kən'fɛs]
解释:
(verb.) confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith.
(verb.) confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure.
录入:朱迪思--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To make acknowledgment or avowal in a matter pertaining to one's self; to acknowledge, own, or admit, as a crime, a fault, a debt.
(v. t.) To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in.
(v. t.) To admit as true; to assent to; to acknowledge, as after a previous doubt, denial, or concealment.
(v. t.) To make known or acknowledge, as one's sins to a priest, in order to receive absolution; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun.
(v. t.) To hear or receive such confession; -- said of a priest.
(v. t.) To disclose or reveal, as an effect discloses its cause; to prove; to attest.
(v. i.) To make confession; to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience.
(v. i.) To acknowledge; to admit; to concede.
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同义词及近义词:
v. a. [1]. Acknowledge (as a crime or fault), own, avow.[2]. Admit, grant, concede, recognize.[3]. Attest, prove, show, exhibit, manifest, be proof of.
手打:卡尔
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Avow, aver, own, reveal, disclose, acknowledge
ANT:{[Disaver]?}, disavow, suppress, silentiate, deny
整理:马库斯
解释:
v.t. to acknowledge fully esp. something wrong: to own or admit: to make known as sins to a priest: to hear a confession as a priest.—v.i. to make confession.—ns. Confes′sion acknowledgment of a crime or fault: avowal; a statement of one's religious belief: acknowledgment of sin to a priest; Confes′sional the seat or enclosed recess where a priest hears confessions.—adj. pertaining to confession.—ns. Confes′sionalism; Confes′sionalist.—adj. Confes′sionary of or belonging to confession.—n. a confessional.—ns. Confess′or one who professes the Christian faith or a priest who hears confessions and grants absolution: one who endures persecution but not death:—fem. Confess′oress; Confess′orship.—adjs. Confessed′ Confest′ admitted: avowed: evident.—advs. Confess′edly Confest′ly.—Confession of Faith a formulary embodying the religious beliefs of a church or sect: a creed.—Confess to to admit acknowledge; Stand confessed to be revealed.
录入:索菲娅
例句:
- The idea did not originate in my own discernment, I am bound to confess, but in a speech of Rosa Dartle's. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- Mine, I confess, are exhausted. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- Don't confess and don't try to understand, Pilar said. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- He had been too fond of his cousin to like to confess this to himself, until the truth had been forced on him, when she drove off to her aunt's. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- Now confess, Master Copperfield, that you haven't liked me quite as I have liked you. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- If he's done anything amiss, he shall confess, beg pardon, and be punished. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Why, it _is_ difficult, sir, I confess,' said the tall footman. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- We have in our police reports realism pushed to its extreme limits, and yet the result is, it must be confessed, neither fascinating nor artistic. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- He had confessed a taste for the pursuit of love under difficulties; here was full gratification for that taste. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Attending court the other day--I attend it regularly, with my documents--I taxed him with it, and he almost confessed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- It must be confessed, however, that the case looks exceedingly grave against the young man, and it is very possible that he is indeed the culprit. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- I confessed, that I might obtain absolution; but now that falsehood lies heavier at my heart than all my other sins. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- If there was a sincere liking between George and the Major, it must be confessed that between the boy and his uncle no great love existed. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- It must be confessed that he felt very happy at that moment leaning on the chair. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Edison confesses that he has never made a cent out of his patents in electric light and power--in fact, that they have been an expense to him, and thus a free gift to the world. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- I'll take every drop of blood he has, unless he confesses! 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- In respect of character a face may make certain admissions by its outline; but it fully confesses only in its changes. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- No, sir, cried Emma, it confesses no such thing. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- He confesses that he has been suffering from want of sleep at night. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- At the very outset the report confesses that an accurate count of the number of prostitutes in Chicago could not be reached. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- At two this morning, he confesses that he opened the drawer in which his cigars are put away. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- I don't put you to the pain of confessing it in so many words, because I see and know that you are too honest to deny it. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- He had died without even so much as confessing he was wrong. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- I am never warm, Miss Halcombe, she remarked, with the modest air of a woman who was confessing to one of her own merits. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- You know, Watson, I don't mind confessing to you that I have always had an idea that I would have made a highly efficient criminal. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- And I said, Miss;' here Sissy fairly sobbed as confessing with extreme contrition to her greatest error; 'I said it was nothing. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- I brought the paper back with me, and thought of destroying it, since I could see no way of returning it without confessing my guilt to my husband. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- All his nature held him back from confessing. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
校对:斯宾塞