confession

英[kən'feʃən] 美[kən'feʃən]
  • n. 自认；自白；招供；忏悔
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详细释义

Noun:
  1. an admission of misdeeds or faults

  2. a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party

  3. (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution

  4. a public declaration of your faith

  5. the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)

双语例句

1. The diaries are a mixture of confession, work in progress and observation.
这些日记里既有自白，也有当下工作记录，还有见闻评论。

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2. The diaries are a mixture of confession and observation.
这些日记既有自白，也有评论。

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3. He never went to Father Porter for confession again.
他再也没有向波特神甫作过告解。

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4. He was staunchly opposed to a public confession.
他坚决反对公开认罪。

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5. His confession was greeted with derisive hoots.
他的坦白引起了人们嘲讽的嘘叫。

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    用作名词 (n.)
    1. They saw compromise as a confession of weakness.
      他们认为妥协就是自认孱弱。
    2. Such an explanation is tantamount to a confession.
      这样一种解释等于一篇自白。
    3. His confession involved a number of other politicians in the affair.
      他的自白供出其他一些政治人物也涉及此事。
    4. By clever questioning they trapped him into making a confession.
      他们用巧妙的提问诱使他招认了。
    5. The police tricked him into making a confession.
      警察哄骗他作了招认。
    6. The priest made a deathbed confession.
      牧师做了临终忏悔。

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