confession怎么读，是什么意思，单词翻译、读音

英语单词:confession

意思翻译

confession

noun [ C or U ] uk/kənˈfeʃ.ən/ us/kənˈfeʃ.ən/

B2 坦白;供认，招认;承认

the act of admitting that you have done something wrong or illegal

I have a confession to make - I've lost that book you lent me. 我有件事要坦白——我把你借给我的那本书丢了。

I can't ask for help. It feels like a confession of failure. 我不能请求帮助，那感觉就像是承认失败。

Confession is the first stage of coming to terms with what you've done. 坦白是你正视自己所作所为的第一步。

He made a full confession to the police. 他向警方招供了一切。

Synonyms: admission (ACCEPTING)avowal

忏悔，告罪

an occasion when a Christian tells God or, especially in the Roman Catholic Church, tells a priest formally and privately, what they have done wrong so that they can be forgiven

Have you been to confession recently? 你最近进行过忏悔吗？

The priest heard his confession. 神父听取了他的忏悔。 More examples

After being questioned by the police for two days, Johnson signed a confession.

The two men allege that the police forced them to make false confessions.

One day he just walked into his local police station and made a full confession.

It was such an extraordinary confession that I couldn't think what to say in reply.

Her confession was no surprise to him, as he had long suspected that she had a secret lover.