confess的用法总结
confess是坦白的意思，下面小编给你分享它的更多知识！
释义
confess
vt. 承认;坦白;忏悔;供认
vi. 承认;坦白;忏悔;供认
[ 过去式 confessed 过去分词 confessed 现在分词 confessing 第三人称单数 confesses ]
词语辨析
concede, acknowledge, recognize, admit, confess这组词都有“承认”的意思，其区别是：
concede 指在事实与证据面前勉强或不得不承认。
acknowledge 通常指公开承认某事的真实情况或自己的过错。
recognize 作“承认”解时，系书面用词，主要指合法的或外交上的承认，也指公认。
admit 强调因外力或良心驱使或经判断而明确承认，多含不情愿或被迫意味。
confess 语气较强，着重承认自己意识到的错误或罪行，含坦白忏悔的意味。
参考例句
I have to confess something.
我必须坦白一件事。
Did you confess your love for her?
你有没有向她表白?
Many Christians regularly confess to a priest.
许多__定期向神父忏悔。
Do you want to confess it?
你想证明这件事吗?
But I confess it was me that started the wave.
但我必须承认是我掀起了人浪场面。
They tortured the man to make him confess his crime.
他们拷打那个人, 使他招认他的罪行。
The police tortured him to confess his crime.
警察拷打他，逼他招供。
A priest visited her to confess her every day.
一位神父天天前来听她忏悔。
He might have been able to confess to Simonetta.
他也许能向西蒙内塔忏悔。
Most people confess to have a bad memory.
大多数人都承认记性差。