confess to 详细解释

confess to

承认, 坦白, 忏悔

承认

He refused to confess to his crime.

他拒绝认罪。

词形变化

形容词: confessable | 副词: confessedly | 动词过去式: confessed | 动词过去分词: confessed | 动词现在分词: confessing | 动词第三人称单数: confesses |

词义辨析

同义参见:

testify  

英英释义

动词 confess:

confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure

同义词:squeal, shrive, fink

admit, make a clean breast of

同义词:concede, profess

confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith

补充

confess toconfess to1.承认, 坦白I confess to some suspicion of your honesty.我承认对你的诚实有所怀疑。She confessed to stealing the jewels.她承认偷了宝石。2.〈宗〉向…忏悔He confessed to the priest before he died.他临终前向神父忏悔。Many Christians regularly confess their guilty actions and thoughts to a priest.很多基督徒都定期向牧师忏悔他们的罪行和恶念。He confessed to a priest that he had sinned.他向神父忏悔他犯了罪。