A WORD, A WORLD
confess
释义
- v.
- 忏悔；坦白；告解；承认（自己感到羞愧或尴尬的事）
- 网络
- 供认；自白；倾诉
展开详细释义
v.
1.自白,承认,供认
2.表白(信仰);忏悔,向上帝[神父等]忏悔(罪恶)
3.(教士)听取(教徒)忏悔
4.(神父)听取忏悔
5.说,说实话,坦白地说,说句心里话
6.交代;坦白
7.表白,倾诉,吐露
8.证明
9.觉得
词形变化
第三人称单数：confesses 现在分词：confessing 过去式：confessed
在例句中理解 34 句
And, lastly(I may as well confess it, as the denial of it would be believed by nobody), I shall perhaps not a little gratify my own vanity.
最后，我这样做，可能还会极大地满足我的虚荣心（我还是承认这一点好，否认是没有用的，谁也不会相信）。
Perhaps he wants to confess and say how much he appreciates your discretion at the time.
也许对方就是想忏悔一下，顺便好好感激一下你当初的好眼力。
Whatever you do, dont confess about how much you disliked working there, says Ms. Maslach.
马斯拉奇说，你无论如何都不要明说自己有多么讨厌这份工作。
I confess. . . as a girl I loved a man who would not marry me for want of a dowry.
我承认，当我还是一个女孩时，我爱上了一个男人，但他不会娶一个没有嫁妆的女孩。
I must confess, though, if I don't use Ant for a while, I have to go back and look up a lot of the information just to do basic things.
但是，我必须承认，如果没有使用Ant一段时间，我必须查找大量的信息来完成基本的工作。
She did bring herself, finally, to confess, and confide in me: there was not a soul else that she might fashion into an adviser.
最后她自己招认了，而且向我吐露了衷曲。除了我，还有谁能作她的顾问。
I must confess, that if I had been in the young lady's place, I would, at least, have swept the hearth, and wiped the tables with a duster.
我必须承认，如果我处在这位年轻的夫人的地位上，至少，我要扫扫壁炉，用个鸡毛帚掸掸桌子。
To confess the truth, I began to feel dizzy and then I got palpitations and felt limp.
说实在话，我起初感觉眩晕，然后心悸虚弱无力。
The question of its literary value settled, then, I can confess that for me this little book has considerable value as testimony.
人们对它的文学价值有所定论之后，我才敢放心大胆地承认这本小册子对我的重大价值，这是我内心的自白。
Confess to me all that lies between us, all that lies between you and me. We are the boxers in the ring. We are the bells that never sing.
向我忏悔我们之间的一切，你和我之间的一切。我们是听到铃声的拳击手。我们是永不会歌唱的铃铛。
I must confess that this trip was one the best ones I've had in a long time.
我也得承认，现在我认为这趟旅行在很长一段时间里最好的。
I confess I pray still to feel the touch of my lover's lips. His hands upon me, his arms enfolding me. . . Such surrender has been mine.
我坦白，我祷告还可以感受到我情人的唇，他的手，他的臂膀，还在拥抱和抚摸着我，这样的臣服才是我的。
Some human confess simple sins, like this as stealing a clam or starting at the cleft of a woman's bosom.
有些人忏悔一般的小过错，比如偷了一只蛤蜊或者偷看女刚出生的孩子的乳沟。
I confess that I was a huge fan of the Hardy Boys, and then used them to entice my own kids into becoming avid readers as well.
我承认我是《哈代兄弟》的书迷，我用它们也引诱我的孩子成为充满热情的阅读者。
Nor am I ashamed to confess my ignorance of what I do not know.
因此我是不知道的事就承认说不知道，并不害羞。
Torture was formerly used to make people give evidence about crimes, or to make them confess.
酷刑拷打原本用来逼迫受刑者给出犯罪证据，或是认罪。
Of course, I only had about six years of it, and I confess I may not even have been aware that it was the 19th century.
当然，我只有6年的经历，而且坦白的说，当时我可能根本没有意识到那就是19世纪。
She laughs and covers her mouth with her hand, as if about to confess a guilty secret.
她捂住嘴笑了，仿佛要承认一个罪恶的秘密。
Therefore, we were a bit more willing to confess our activities to Anne and sometimes benefited from her sisterly advice.
因此，我们更愿意向安妮坦白我们的所作所为，并且有时还会得益于她从姐姐角度所给出的建议。
Many confess they originally took a qualifying test "just to see if I could make it. "
许多人承认，他们参加一次门萨资格测验，起初“纯粹是为了看看自己能不能达标”。
I was about to put my opinion to the test by inquiring of this gentleman when you interrupted with your own--larger theory, I must confess.
我正要寻问这位绅士来证实我的看法，恰好被你的理论所打断，当然是更大的理论，我必须承认。
As long as we wish to confess all sins without exception, we are doing nothing else than to wish to leave nothing to God's mercy for pardon.
一旦我们愿意无一例外的坦诚我们的罪过，就没有什么可以留给天主去怜悯和宽恕的了。
I confess that it is principally because of this that I mount the podium today, that the question of socialism might finally be settled.
我承认我今天站在这个讲坛主要是因为社会主义的问题最终要被决定。
The U. S. State Department has no comment but officials privately confess to a certain "schadenfreude" at Chinese difficulties.
美国国务院没有发表评论，但官员们私下里坦诚，他们对中国的困境感到有些“幸灾乐祸”。
Newman would later confess that the uptight, reserved Mr Bridge was the role closest to his own personality.
纽曼后来承认，片中那个不安，保守的布瑞吉先生是最接近他性格的角色。
I confess that as a young girl I loved a man who would not marry me for want of a dowry.
我承认，作为一个年轻的姑娘我喜欢一个人谁不希望我结婚的嫁妆。
I confess there was more than one moment in 1981 when I felt ready to throw in the towel.
我坦率承认，在1981年，我不止一次感到要认输了。
am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.
我不耻于承认对自己不懂的事情的无知。
I have to confess that Whitewater, especially the attacks on Hillary, took a bigger toll on me than I thought it would.
我必须承认，白水事件，尤其是对希拉里的抨击，对我造成的负面影响比我原先想像的要大。
Lowry denied the allegations and said he was pressured by federal agents to confess.
劳莱否认这一控诉并说他是因为受到联邦特工的逼迫才作出承认的。
Occasionally people confess to crimes they haven’t committed just to get attention.
偶尔人们会承认自己并未犯过的罪行，那只是为了引人注意。
Torture was used and Fian confessed.
酷刑用过之后菲安就招供了。
Marsha confessed that she didn’t really know how to work the computer.
玛莎承认自己其实并不会使用计算机。
He confessed to having a secret admiration for his opponent.
他承认私底下很钦佩他的对手。