| 釋義 |
confess /kan'fes; kan'fcs/ vt, vi 1 [VP6A, 9, 14, 2A, 3A, 3B, 25] ~ (to), say or admit (that one has done wrong); acknowledge： 認(rèn)錯(cuò);招養(yǎng); 承認(rèn); 供認(rèn); He ~ed that he had stolen the money. 他承認(rèn)他偷了那筆錢。 The prisoner refused to ~ (his crime/to his crime). 犯人拒絕招供。 She ~ed herself (to be) guilty. 絕自己承認(rèn)有 Ist. She to (having) a dread of spiders, admitted that she was afraid of them. 她承認(rèn)她害怕蜘蛛。 2 [VP6A, 2A, 3A] ~ (to), (esp in the RC Church) make known one's sins to a priest; (of a priest) listen to sb doing this: (尤指天主教)向神父認(rèn)罪懺悔; 吿解; (指神父)聽(tīng)某人吿解： ~ one's sie 認(rèn)罪; 悔罪。 The criminal ~ed io the priest. 犯罪者向神父吿解。 The priest ~ed the criminal. 神父聽(tīng)取那犯罪者吿解。 ~ed! 4y /-idli; -idli/ adv as ~ed; by one's own confession. 承認(rèn)地; 自認(rèn)地; 自白地。 |