/kənˈfes ||; kənˈfɛs/verb
[I,T] confess (to sth/to doing sth);confess (sth) (to sb) to admit that you have done sth bad or wrong 承认,招认(罪责、错误等):
The young woman confessed to the murder of her boyfriend/to murdering her boyfriend.这名年轻女子供认谋杀了她的男朋友。They confessed to their mother that they had spent all the money.他们向母亲承认已把钱全都花掉了。☞Look at own up (to sth). It is less formal. 参看own up (to sth)。这个词多用于非正式场合。
confess/kənˋfɛs; kənˈfes/v [I,T]1 to admit that you have done something bad, illegal, or embarrassing 承认﹐坦白〔错误﹑罪行或尴尬的事〕: confess to (doing) sth He has confessed to the crime. 他认罪了。+(that) Max confessed that he’d forgotten my birthday. 麦克斯承认忘了我的生日。I have to/must confess spoken (used to admit something embarrassing) 【口】我必须承认〔用于承认难为情的事〕I have to confess, I don’t know much about it. 我必须承认﹐我对这个懂得不多。2 to tell a priest or God about bad things you have done〔向神父或上帝〕忏悔﹐告解—confessed adj
confessconfessconfessesconfessedconfessingverb (confesses, confessing, confessed)to say that you have done something wrongsame meaningadmit: She confessed that she had stolen the money.He confessed to the crime.oppositedeny