| 单词 | confess |
| 释义 | confessconfessesconfessedconfessingconfessconfess /kənˈfes/ verb [intransitive and transitive]1to admit that you have done something bad, illegal, or embarrassingconfess to (doing) somethingHe has confessed to the crime.haveconfess 他认罪了。confess (that)Max confessed that he’d forgotten my birthday.confessforget 麦克斯承认忘了我的生日。I have to/must confess spoken (=used to admit something embarrassing)I have to confess, I don’t know much about it.我必须承认﹐我对这个懂得不多。2to tell a priest or God about bad things you have done—confessedconfessed adjectiveTHESAURUS: confessadmit to say that you have done something wrong or illegal: I admit that it was a silly mistake.beShe admitted that she had lied to the police.admithavelieconfess to tell someone that you have done something very bad, especially when people have been asking you questions and trying to persuade you to do this: He later confessed in court that he had killed his wife.lateconfesshavekillown up to sth to tell someone that you did something, especially something not very serious: One of the boys owned up to drawing the picture on the wall.boyowndrawcome clean informal to stop hiding the truth about something: I decided that it was time to come clean about where the money had come from.decidebehave |
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