| 单词 | confession |
| 释义 | confessionWord family nounconfessantconfessionconfessionalconfessionalismconfessionalistconfessorconfessoressconfessorshipadjectiveconfessedconfessionaryadverbconfessedlyverbconfess Crime & law, Christianity, Religion con·fes·sion /kənˈfeʃən/ ●●○ noun 1 [countableC]SCADMIT a statement that you have done something wrong, illegal, or embarrassing, especially a formal statement 供词，供认，招供 Sanchez’s confession was read out to the court. 桑切斯的供词在法庭上宣读了出来。 confession of a confession of adultery 承认通奸 At 3 a.m. Higgins broke down and made a full confession. 凌晨三点，希金斯崩溃了，交代了一切。 I have a confession – I like Britney Spears’ music. 我得承认，我喜欢布兰妮•斯皮尔斯的音乐。 2 [countableC, uncountableU]RRCADMIT when you tell a priest or God about the bad things that you have done 〔对神父或上帝作的〕忏悔，告解 You must go to confession. 你必须去忏悔。 a priest who hears confession 聆听告解的神父 3 [countableC] formalRR a statement of what your religious beliefs are （宗教）信仰声明 confession of a confession of faith 信仰声明 n COLLOCATIONS verbs make a confession The police interviewed him for five hours before he finally made a confession. get/obtain a confession Threats must not be used in order to obtain confessions. extract a confession (=get one with difficulty, or by using violence) Torture was sometimes used to extract confessions. sign a confession He had signed a confession in front of witnesses. retract a confession (=say that a confession you made was not true) adjectivesThough he had confessed to the police, Gerrards later retracted his confession. a full confession (=in which you admit everything) The killer had made a full confession to the authorities. a written confession A police interview may lead to a written confession. a false confession (=one that is not true) phrasesThe officers were accused of extracting false confessions from some of the prisoners. have a confession (to make) (=used humorously when you want to admit to doing something) I have a confession to make – I’ve eaten all the chocolates. Examples from the Corpus confession• In a confession made to police shortly after his arrest, Davis said he had killed the victim with a kitchen knife.• All this bears closely on Stavrogin and his so-called confession.• Hand on the arm plus emotional confession.• By making a full confession, Reeves hoped he would be more kindly treated by the authorities.• But they can not perform Catholic sacramental duties, such as hearing confession, offering Communion or giving last rites.• He was determined to rid the world of sin, partaking in confession for up to 16 hours a day.• In both, women gathered to make confessions about their lives and find support from other women for changes they were making.• Sergeant Thompson wrote down Smith's confession and asked him to sign it.• The transcripts depict Davis weeping with remorse at several points during the confession.• It did not follow from this that the confession should therefore be excluded, however. have a confession• I have a confession to make. go to confession• Some, or all, of his troubles could have been avoided if he had gone to confession in City Hall.• He doubted whether half as many went to confession more than once or twice a year.• Among his Anglican friends, Coghill probably went to confession.• During a hunger strike she asked to go to Confession.• I wanted to go to confession. confession of faith• Such a confession of faith requires no external verification in the same way as statements of fact. |
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