confession
[NOUN]
confessions
1. [C 可数名词] 供状
A confession is a signed statement by someone in which they admit that they have committed a particular crime.
双语例句
例：They forced him to sign a confession.
他们强迫他签了供状。
2. [C, U 有变体名词] 承认
Confession is the act of admitting that you have done something that you are ashamed of or embarrassed about.
双语例句
例：I have a confession to make.
我要作个坦白。
例：The diaries are a mixture of confession and observation.
这些日记里有自白，也有评论。
3. [C, U 有变体名词] （对信念、情感的）表白
If you make a confession of your beliefs or feelings, you publicly tell people that this is what you believe or feel.
近义词
双语例句
例：Tatyana's confession of love.
塔蒂安娜的爱的表白。
4. [C, U 有变体名词] （私下对神父的）忏悔
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.
双语例句
例：He never went to Father Porter for confession again.
他再也没私下去向波特神父忏悔。
NOUN. 名词
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