confess

If someone confesses to doing something wrong, they admit that they did it. ^{承认 (做了某事)}

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

confess 出现在下面的课文中（提供视频、音频及笔记等可系统性学习）: Lesson 39 What every writer wants confess 动词: 承认

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网友用“Confess”造句精选: 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。; You just go to the church and confess your sins. 你就去教堂忏悔你的罪过吧。; We persuaded her to confess her crime. 我们说服她坦白她的罪行。; "I confess to being a big wuss," she admitted. “我承认我是个胆小鬼。”她实话实说。

复合词confessor/kənˈfesə(r)/n.自白者,为信教而被迫害的教徒

复合词confession/kənˈfeʃ(ə)n/n. 供认；忏悔，告解

过去分词confessed/kənˈfest/adj.公开承认的,不容怀疑的

易混淆confuse/kənˈfjuːz/vt. 使混乱；使困惑

confess that … ^承认…	He confessed that he did not understand financial matters at all. He eventually confessed that he had accidentally broken the vase while cleaning. ^{他最终承认他在打扫卫生时不小心打破了花瓶。}
confess to doing ^{承认做了某事}	He confessed to being a drug addict. After hours of questioning, the suspect confessed to stealing the jewelry. ^{经过几个小时的审讯，嫌疑人承认偷了珠宝。}

	doing sth.
admit / acknowledge	sth.	He was reluctant to admit his mistake in front of the team. ^{他承认自己在判断上出了差错。} She admitted stealing the money. ^{她承认偷了钱。} I must admit that I haven't finished reading the report yet. ^{我必须承认我还没读完那份报告。} The government has acknowledged the need for urgent reform. ^{他不愿在团队面前承认错误。} He acknowledged making an error in judgment. ^{政府已承认迫切需要改革。} Most experts acknowledge that the economy is slowing down. ^{大多数专家承认经济正在放缓。}
	that …

I conceded that I had made a number of errors.
After the final vote count, the candidate had to concede that he had lost the election. ^{在最终计票后，候选人不得不承认他输掉了选举。}

avow ^{公开宣称；坦率承认}	Homosexuality is rarely avowed. He avowed his commitment to the cause in front of the entire assembly. ^{他在全体大会面前公开宣称了他对这项事业的承诺。}
profess ^{声称；伪称；自称}	Many corrupt officials profess not to be interested in money. She professed to be an expert in the field, though she had no formal training. ^{她自称是该领域的专家，尽管她没有受过正式培训。}
assert ^{断言；明确肯定}	She asserted her innocence. The lawyer continued to assert that his client was innocent despite the evidence. ^{尽管有证据，律师仍继续断言他的当事人是无辜的。}
allege ^{（无证据地）声称；宣称}	The defense alleges that Jones was beaten up while in police custody. Was the philosopher who refused to look through Galileo's telescope more culpable than those who alleged that the spiral nebulae observed with Lord Rosse's great telescope in the eighteen-forties were scratches left by the grinder? One allegation often made is that noise produces mental illness. The neighbors allege that the dog has been barking all night, but no one has proof. ^{邻居们声称那条狗叫了一整夜，但没有人有证据。}