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.