confession
英 [k?n'fe?(?)n]
美[k?n'f???n]
- n. 懺悔，告解；供認
TEM4IELTSTOEFL中低頻詞擴展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復數:?confessions;
英文詞源
- confession (n.)
- late 14c., "action of confessing," originally in religion, from Old French confession (10c.), from Latin confessionem (nominative confessio) "confession, acknowledgement," noun of action from past participle stem of confiteri (see confess). In law, from 1570s. Meaning "that which is confessed" is mid-15c. An Old English word for it was andettung, also scriftspr?c.
雙語例句
- 1. The diaries are a mixture of confession, work in progress and observation.
- 這些日記里既有自白，也有當下工作記錄，還有見聞評論。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The diaries are a mixture of confession and observation.
- 這些日記既有自白，也有評論。
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- 3. He never went to Father Porter for confession again.
- 他再也沒有向波特神甫作過告解。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He was staunchly opposed to a public confession.
- 他堅決反對公開認罪。
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- 5. His confession was greeted with derisive hoots.
- 他的坦白引起了人們嘲諷的噓叫。
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