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| 1 | to admit that you have committed a crime 承认；供认；招供；交代 |
| After three hours of interrogation, he confessed everything. 经过3个小时的审问，他全部招供了。 |
| confess to sb Eventually he confessed to the police. 最后他终于向警方认罪。 |
| confess to (doing) sth Simpson has confessed to taking the money. 辛普森承认偷了钱。 |
| +(that) He later confessed that he had been involved in the attack. 他后来承认他参与了那次袭击。 |
| | 1a | to admit that you have done something wrong 承认（错误） | | He confessed to Sarah that he had been seeing another woman. 他向萨拉承认他一直和另一个女人有来往。 | |
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| 2 | to admit something about yourself that you would not normally tell people because you are embarrassed about it or they could be disappointed by it 承认（尴尬或令人失望的事） |
| I had to confess my ignorance when they asked me to operate the truck. 他们让我开卡车的时候，我不得不承认自己不会开。 |
| +(that) He confessed he did not understand financial matters at all. 他承认他对金融事务一无所知。 |
| confess to sb that Years later Luke confessed to friends that he really fancied me. 多年以后卢克对朋友坦白说他真的很喜欢我。 |
| confess to doing sth Nick confessed to being a secret opera fan. 尼克承认自己私下里很迷恋歌剧。 |
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| 3 | to tell a priest about the bad things you have done , and ask to be forgiven for them （向牧师）忏悔 |
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| - | I must confess spoken
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| used when you are admitting a feeling or opinion that you would not normally tell people about |
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| I must confess I was slightly annoyed by his attitude. 说实话，他的态度让我有点恼火。 |
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