confess
【坦白,承认,表白,忏悔】
单词:confess
🔹 发音:
- 美式发音:[kənˈfɛs] (/kənˈfɛs/)
- 英式发音:[kənˈfɛs] (/kənˈfɛs/)
1. 词性与含义
confess(动词,verb):
- 坦白,承认(错误或罪行):指承认自己做错的事情或犯下的错误,尤其是在面临问询或审问时。
- 表白,忏悔:指向某人或宗教承认自己的过错、罪行或内心的思想。
- 公开,承认(情感或想法):有时用于表示公开承认自己的感受、想法或意见,尤其是情感上的。
2. 例句
- (1) 坦白,承认错误或罪行
- He confessed to the crime after hours of interrogation.
(在审讯了几个小时后,他承认了罪行。) - The child confessed to breaking the vase.
(孩子承认打破了花瓶。)
- He confessed to the crime after hours of interrogation.
- (2) 表白,忏悔
- She went to church to confess her sins.
(她去教堂忏悔自己的罪行。) - He confessed his love for her, even though he was nervous.
(尽管他很紧张,他还是向她表白了自己的爱。)
- She went to church to confess her sins.
- (3) 公开,承认情感或想法
- I must confess, I didn’t like the movie.
(我必须承认,我不喜欢那部电影。) - She confessed that she had been feeling stressed at work.
(她承认自己在工作中感到有压力。)
- I must confess, I didn’t like the movie.
3. 相关词汇
词汇 | 含义 |
---|---|
admit | 承认,接纳(通常表示接受某事或事实) |
acknowledge | 承认,确认(有时用于接受某个事实或问题的存在) |
reveal | 揭示,透露(通常用于公开某个信息或事实) |
confession | 忏悔,供认(名词形式) |
4. 近义词
词汇 | 含义 | 例句 |
---|---|---|
admit | 承认,接纳 | She admitted to making a mistake.(她承认了自己犯了一个错误。) |
declare | 宣布,声明 | He declared his intention to quit the job.(他宣布了辞职的决定。) |
acknowledge | 承认,确认 | She acknowledged the effort of the team.(她承认了团队的努力。) |
reveal | 揭示,透露 | The study revealed some interesting facts.(这项研究揭示了一些有趣的事实。) |
5. 派生词
- confession (n.):忏悔,供认
- He made a confession about his actions.
(他对自己的行为做出了忏悔。)
- He made a confession about his actions.
- confessor (n.):忏悔者(宗教背景下的用词,指忏悔的人或听忏悔的人)
- The priest is the one who listens to the confessions of his parishioners.
(牧师是听信徒忏悔的人。)
- The priest is the one who listens to the confessions of his parishioners.
6. 总结
- confess 主要用来表示承认、坦白,无论是承认自己的错误、罪行,还是表达情感或内心的想法。
- 在宗教或情感上,confess 用来指忏悔或表白。
- 相关词汇如 admit、acknowledge 都有类似的意思,但 confess 强调的是一种较为正式的承认或悔过。