1N-COUNT 供状;供词 A confession is a signed statement by someone in which they admit that they have committed a particular crime. 供状;供词
They forced him to sign a confession.
他们强迫他在一份供词上签名。
2N-VAR (对使自己羞愧或尴尬之事的)承认,坦白Confession is the act of admitting that you have done something that you are ashamed of or embarrassed about. (对使自己羞愧或尴尬之事的)承认,坦白
The diaries are a mixture of confession and observation.
这些日记既有自白,也有评论。
I have a confession to make.
我有件事要坦白。
3N-VAR 声明;告白;表白 If you make a confession of your beliefs or feelings, you publicly tell people that this is what you believe or feel. 声明;告白;表白
...Tatyana's confession of love. [+ of]
塔季扬娜爱的告白
4N-VAR (天主教会等的)忏悔,告解,办神工 In the Catholic church and in some other churches, if you go to confession, you privately tell a priest about your sins and ask for forgiveness. (天主教会等的)忏悔,告解,办神工
He never went to Father Porter for confession again.
1admitting guilt認罪ADJECTIVE | VERB + CONFESSION | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤full徹底的坦白➤public公開的坦白▸➤true真實的坦白◇It's difficult to believe it's a true confession after all her lies.她多次撒謊後,讓人很難再相信她的供詞。➤false虛假供述▸➤alleged供詞➤coerced, forced被逼迫作出的供述▸➤signed, taped, videotaped, written簽名供詞;錄音供述;錄像供述;書面供詞▸➤deathbed臨終供詞VERB + CONFESSION➤make招供▸➤sign, write在供狀上簽字;寫供狀▸➤get, obtain, secure獲得口供➤coerce, extract, force逼供◇He claims his confession was extracted under torture.他聲稱自己是在刑訊逼供下認罪的。➤retract撤回供狀◇She made a false confession during the trial which she later retracted.在審訊中她作了虛假供述,後來又翻供否認。➤exclude (BrE) 排除(一項)認罪◇The court excluded the confession wrongly obtained by the police.法院沒有採納警方通過不正當方法獲得的供詞作為證據。PREPOSITION➤confession by⋯作出的供詞◇an alleged confession by the defendant被告所謂的供狀➤confession from來自⋯的供詞◇a confession from the prisoner囚犯的供詞➤confession of關於⋯的認罪◇a true confession of a terrible crime對一起可怕罪行的真實招供➤confession to對⋯罪行的供認◇a confession to murder供認謀殺PHRASES➤force a confession out of sb, get a confession out of sb對某人進行(刑訊)逼供◇The police forced a confession out of him.警方逼他招了供。confession
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2to a priest向神父VERB + CONFESSION | CONFESSION + NOUN | PHRASESVERB + CONFESSION➤go to向神父告罪◇I used to go to confession every Saturday as a child.小時候我每週六都去向神父告罪。➤hear聽告解◇The priest heard her confession and granted absolution.神父聆聽了她的告解並給予她寬赦。CONFESSION + NOUN➤booth, box告解室PHRASES➤an act of confession告解行為