confess /kənˈfɛs/ CET4 TEM4 ( confessing, confessed, confesses )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I If someone confesses to doing something wrong, they admit that they did it. 承认 (做了某事)

  例：

  He had confessed to seventeen murders.

  他已供认了17项谋杀罪。

  例：

  I had expected her to confess that she only wrote these books for the money.

  我曾期望她承认她写这些书仅仅是为了钱。

  例：

  Ray changed his mind, claiming that he had been forced into confessing.

  雷改变了主意，声称他是被迫承认的。

• 2. 

  V-T/V-I If someone confesses or confesses their sins, they tell God or a priest about their sins so that they can be forgiven. 忏悔

  例：

  You just go to the church and confess your sins.

  你就去教堂忏悔你的罪过吧。