The motive for confession is penitential or therapeutic—by speaking openly about personal guilt and suffering, the poet hopes to make them easier to bear.

忏悔的动机是赎罪或治疗：诗人希望通过公开谈论个人的罪行和痛苦，让自己更容易接受它们。

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After hours of questioning by police, she made a full confession.

经过警察数小时的审问，她才供认了全部罪行。

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His confession was strong-armed by the police.

他的口供是警方逼迫招认的。

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Judge M.L.Tahiliyani said Thursday he will accept the detailed confession made by 21-year-old Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, regarding his role in last year's terror attacks in Mumbai.

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With the rise of Christianity, western religion came to be defined to a large degree by the confession of, or the intellectual assent to, certain doctrinal points of belief.

随着基督教的兴起，西方宗教被定义成,很大程度上指被解释为，或被知识分子一致认可为，对特定教义的信仰。

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(Sound) One well-known young opposition activist, Mohammed Reza Jalaiepour, who was later arrested by the government, placed this emotional confession about why he joined the opposition on Mousavi's Facebook Web site.

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In 1994 police re-opened their inquiries when a recording of an alleged death-bed confession by Thorogood came to light.

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On May 15th, acting on a confession by the detained wife of Mr Yabran's chief bodyguard, a judge decreed his arrest over the murder.

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In its closing submission, the prosecution asserted that the confession by Sukma was indeed genuine and claimed that Anwar had failed to establish an alibi for Jan. 1 through Feb. 3, 1993.

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