Confess
[ kən'fɛs ]
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v. 供认;坦白;承认;悔过;
💡 词根助记
con全部+fess说→全部说出→承认，坦白
📝 例句
I confess I do not understand.
说句心里话，我是听不懂。
He confessed himself to be unfaithful to his friends.
他承认自己对朋友不忠实。
Caught in the act, he had no alternative but to confess.
他被当场抓住, 除了招供别无出路.
The priest confessed the criminal.
神父听了罪犯的忏悔。
A priest visited her to confess her every day.
一位神父天天前来听她忏悔。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ con-谐音“肯”,fess-谐音“face面对”:肯面对,肯坦白
※ confess-坦白,confuse-混淆:不得不坦白,而且混淆是非
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-dict-表示“说”
📖 牛津释义
confess
v
1
(a) [I, Ipr, Tn, Tf, Dn.pr]
~ (to sth/doing sth); ~ (sth) (to sb) say or admit, often formally (that one has done wrong, committed a crime, etc) 承认（错误、 罪行等）; 供认; 坦白
The prisoner refused to confess (his crime). 该犯拒不招供（罪行）.
She finally confessed (to having stolen the money). 她最後招认了（偷了那笔钱）.
He confessed that he had murdered her. 他供认他杀害了她.
(b) [Ipr, Tf, Cn.a, Cn.t]
acknowledge, often reluctantly 承认（常为不情愿地）
She confessed to (having) a dread of spiders, ie admitted that she was afraid of them. 她承认她害怕蜘蛛.
I'm rather bored, I must confess. 说老实话, 我真有点厌烦.
He confessed himself (to be) totally ignorant of their plans. 他承认自己对於他们的计划一无所知.
2
(a) [I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr, Tf, Dpr.f]
~ (sth) (to sb) (esp in the Roman Catholic Church) tell (one's sins) formally to a priest （尤指天主教）向神父忏悔, 告罪, 告解
He confessed (to the priest) that he had sinned. 他（向神父）忏悔他犯了罪.
(b) [Tn] (of a priest) hear the sins of (sb) in this way （指神父）听取（某人）的忏悔
The priest confessed the criminal. 神父听取那罪犯的忏悔.
🎯 考研助记
肯反思(谐音): 坦白 忏悔 完全地(con)说(fess)- 坦白 网友：lamhoiping lamhoiping 补充：confess [kEn5fes] v.承认, 坦白, 忏悔 肯反思（忏悔）完全地说（承认、坦白）
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What about the baby?
那小宝宝怎么办？
Don't worry.
不要担心。
We enjoy staring at them, entranced as they go about their business, unaware (we hope) of our presence.
我们喜欢入迷地看它们做事，它们不知道（但愿如此）我们就在它们身边。