confess

英[kən'fes]美[kən'fes]
  • v. 承认；供认；告解；听取忏悔

    • 记忆方法

    谐音记忆法
    谐音：con发音想成“肯”，fess发音想成“face面对”
    联想：肯面对自己犯的罪，才会坦白，供认
    或者谐音：
    “肯反思” —- 他终于肯反思，承认自己错了。
    词源词根法
    con-，强调。-fess，说，交谈，词源同phone，profess.来源于拉丁语动词comfateri(承认)的过去分词confessus，comfateri由前缀com-(加强意义)和fateri(承认)组成。fateri为拉丁语fari(说)的派生词。词根-fe-说→-fess-表白con-共同+-fess-表白
      verb(动词)
      1. 坦白;供认，招认;承认（错误或罪行）
      2. （基督教、尤指天主教中向上帝或神父）忏悔

    双解例句

    verb(动词)
    1. 坦白;供认，招认;承认（错误或罪行）

      She confessed to her husband that she had sold her wedding ring.

      她向丈夫坦白她卖掉了结婚戒指。

      He confessed to sleeping/having slept through most of the movie.

      他承认看这部电影时大部分时间都在睡觉。

      He has confessed to the murder.

      他供认了谋杀罪行。

      I have to confess (that) when I first met Reece I didn't think he was very bright.

      我得承认，我第一次见到瑞斯的时候，觉得他不是很聪明。

      It was all very confusing, I must confess.

      我得承认，我觉得这一切太令人费解了。

    2. （基督教、尤指天主教中向上帝或神父）忏悔

      to confess your sins

      忏悔你的罪过

    小知识

    When you confess, you admit to doing something wrong. You might feel guilty about eating the entire platter of chocolate chip cookies and confess to your mom before she notices. If she presses charges, you would confess to the cookie crime.

    Confess can be used to describe admitting to committing a crime. If you watch crime shows on TV, you've likely seen detectives trying to get a suspect to confess. Confess can also be used in a religious context. Catholics confess their sins to a priest on a regular basis. Don't confuse the word confess with apology. An apology involves expressing regret about something. When you confess, you're merely owning up to doing it — you might not be sorry.

    实用短语

    1. i confess

      忏情记,我忏悔,歼情恨

    2. fake confess

      假面的告白

    3. confess to

      承认,供认,忏悔

    4. confess forever

      永远的忏悔

    5. god i must confess

      天啊我必须忏悔,神啊我必须忏悔

    6. confess everything

      供认不讳

    7. candidly confess

      供认不讳

    8. confess one's crime

      招认

    9. confess to a crime

      承认罪行,坦白罪行,

    单词用法

    动词辨析
    confess，acknowledge，admit，own
    这四个词都有“公开承认”的意思。其区别是：
    1.acknowledge和admit所承认的是不对的或不光彩的事实；confess指承认“错误及罪行”；own承认的不一定是“错误及罪行”，只是一般地表明自己的感觉及处境。例如He acknowledged that he was your inferior.他承认他不及你。Did he admit to stealing it?他承认是他偷的吗?He confessed where he had hidden the money.他供出了他藏钱的地方。
    2.acknowledge强调在一定压力下承认，admit强调勉强承认
    3.acknowledge所承认的一般是隐蔽的，admit，confess和own所承认的不一定是隐蔽的。
    4.confess语气上较强，属正式语体；own则不如confess正式。
    5.这四个词用作及物动词时，都可接简单宾语或复合宾语，除own外，其他词均可接动名词。admit，confess和own用作不及物动词都可与介词to搭配，其后均可接动名词。

    词根词缀

    词根: fess

    =speak,表示”说”

    • n.

      confession 招供;认错;交待

      confess坦白+ion状态→n.招供;认错;交待

      profession 职业,专业,表白,宣布

      pro前+fess说+ion表名词→在前面说话→进入[律师,教师]等职业→职业

      professional 自由职业者,专业人员

      profession职业+al人→n.自由职业者,专业人员

      professor 教授

      pro前+fess说+or人→在前面说话的人→教师

    • v.

      confess 供认,承认,坦白,忏悔

      con全部+fess说→全部说出→坦白

    同义词辨析

    acknowledge, admit, confess, recognize, concede

    这些动词均含”承认”之意。

    • acknowledge：通常指公开承认某事的真实情况或自己的过错。
    • admit：强调因外力或良心驱使或经判断而明确承认，多含不情愿或被迫意味。
    • confess：语气较强，着重承认自己意识到的错误或罪行，含坦白忏悔的意味。
    • recognize：作”承认”解时，系书面用词，主要指合法的或外交上的承认，也指公认。
    • concede：指在事实与证据面前勉强或不得不承认。

    同义词

    vt.坦白,供认,承认

    consent  /  admit  /  acknowledge

    其他释义

    consent  /  concede  /  air  /  admit  /  acknowledge

    反义词

    vt. & vi.坦白,承认

    conceal

    其他释义

    conceal

    同根词

    词根：confess

    adj.

    confessional忏悔的；自白的

    adv.

    confessedly公开承认地；明白供认地；自称地

    n.

    confession忏悔，告解；供认

    confessional忏悔室；告解室

    confessor忏悔者；为信教而被迫害的教徒