- [countable, uncountable]
a statement that a person makes, admitting that they are guilty of a crime; the act of making such a statement 供词；供状；认罪；供认；坦白 After hours of questioning by police, she made a full confession. 经过警察数小时的审问，她供认了全部罪行。 His confession was extracted under torture. 他是屈打成招的。
Extra ExamplesTopics Crime and punishmentc1It's difficult to believe it's a true confession after all her lies. 她多次撒谎后，让人很难再相信她的供词。 She made a false confession during the trial which she later retracted. 在审讯中她作了虚假供述，后来又翻供否认。 The court excluded the confession wrongly obtained by the police. 法院没有采纳警方通过不正当方法获得的供词作为证据。 The police forced a confession out of him. 警方逼他招了供。 a confession from the prisoner 囚犯的供词 a confession to murder 供认谋杀 a true confession of a terrible crime 对一起可怕罪行的真实招供 an alleged confession by the defendant 被告所谓的供状
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- full
- public
- true
- …
- make
- sign
- write
- …
- confession by
- confession from
- confession of
- …
- force a confession out of somebody
- get a confession out of somebody
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a statement admitting something that you are ashamed or embarrassed about; the act of making such a statement （对使自己羞愧或尴尬的事的）表白，承认 Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc1I have a confession to make. I read your private emails. 我要坦白一件事。我看了你的私人邮件。 The government made open confession of its inability to cope with the crisis. 政府公开承认处理这次危机的无能。 her shy confession of love 她对爱慕之情的羞怯表白
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- full
- public
- true
- …
- make
- sign
- write
- …
- confession by
- confession from
- confession of
- …
- force a confession out of somebody
- get a confession out of somebody
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(especially in the Roman Catholic Church 尤指天主教 a private statement to a priest about the bad things that you have done; an occasion when you make such a statement （向神父作的）告罪，告解 The priest heard her confession and granted absolution. 神父聆听了她的告解并给予她宽赦。 I used to go to confession every Saturday as a child. 小时候我每周六都去向神父告罪。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + confession- go to
- hear
- booth
- box
- an act of confession
- [countable] (formal)
a statement of your religious beliefs, principles, etc. （宗教的）信仰表白 a confession of faith 宗教信仰表白
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin confessio(n-), from confiteri ‘acknowledge’, from con- (expressing intensive force) + fateri ‘declare, avow’.