一、詳細(xì)釋義：

v.

坦白，供認(rèn)，承認(rèn) [T]

例句：

For me, her pettishness is one of her charms, I confess it.

對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)，我承認(rèn)，她的怪脾氣正是她的可愛(ài)之處。

例句：

I have to confess something.

我必須坦白一件事。

懺悔，告解 [T]

例句：

I absolve you, on the ground of invincible ignorance.

不會(huì)的，因?yàn)槲覀冎灰蛏窀笐曰谖覀兊淖镄?，他們就不得不寬恕我們?

例句：

A priest visited her to confess her every day.

一位神父天天前來(lái)聽(tīng)她懺悔。

表明信仰，表白 [T]

例句：

Did you confess your love for her?

你有沒(méi)有向她表白？

【書】證明 [T]

例句：

Do you want to confess it?

你想證明這件事嗎？

二、詞義辨析：

acknowledge,admit,confess,recognize,concede

這些動(dòng)詞均含“承認(rèn)”之意。 acknowledge通常指公開(kāi)承認(rèn)某事的真實(shí)情況或自己的過(guò)錯(cuò)。 admit強(qiáng)調(diào)因外力或良心驅(qū)使或經(jīng)判斷而明確承認(rèn)，多含不情愿或被迫意味。 confess語(yǔ)氣較強(qiáng)，著重承認(rèn)自己意識(shí)到的錯(cuò)誤或罪行，含坦白懺悔的意味。 recognize作“承認(rèn)”解時(shí)，系書面用詞，主要指合法的或外交上的承認(rèn)，也指公認(rèn)。 concede指在事實(shí)與證據(jù)面前勉強(qiáng)或不得不承認(rèn)。

三、參考例句：

I have to confess something.

我必須坦白一件事。

Did you confess your love for her?

你有沒(méi)有向她表白？

Many Christians regularly confess to a priest.

許多基督徒定期向神父懺悔。

Do you want to confess it?

你想證明這件事嗎？

But I confess it was me that started the wave.

但我必須承認(rèn)是我掀起了人浪場(chǎng)面。

They tortured the man to make him confess his crime.

他們拷打那個(gè)人, 使他招認(rèn)他的罪行。

The police tortured him to confess his crime.

警察拷打他，逼他招供。

A priest visited her to confess her every day.

一位神父天天前來(lái)聽(tīng)她懺悔。

He might have been able to confess to Simonetta.

他也許能向西蒙內(nèi)塔懺悔。

Most people confess to have a bad memory.

大多數(shù)人都承認(rèn)記性差。