confess

confess
verb

[reporting verb]admit or state that one has committed a crime or is at fault in some way
认罪；认错；供认，招供；交代
[with clause]he confessed that he had attacked the old man.
他供认袭击了那个老人。
[no obj.]he wants to confess to Caroline's murder.
他要招供谋杀了卡罗琳。
[with direct speech]‘I damaged your car,’ she confessed.
“我弄坏了你的车，”她招认道。
[with obj.]once apprehended, they would confess their guilt.
一旦被捕，他们会认罪的。
■admit or acknowledge something reluctantly, typically because one feels slightly ashamed or embarrassed
（常指因略感羞愧、窘迫而）勉强承认
[with clause]I must confess that I was slightly surprised .
我得承认我有点惊讶。
[no obj.]he confessed to a lifelong passion for food.
他承认他这一辈子对于吃有着强烈的爱好。
[with direct speech]‘I needed to see you, too,’ he confessed.
“我也需要见你，”他承认道。
■declare one's sins formally to a priest
（向神父）忏悔，告解
[with obj.]I could not confess all my sins to the priest.
我不能向神父忏悔我所有的罪孽。
[no obj.]he gave himself up after confessing to a priest.
在向神父忏悔后，他自首了。
■[with obj.](of a priest) hear the confession of (someone) in such a way
（神父）聆听（某人）忏悔，聆听（某人）告罪
St Ambrose would weep bitter tears when confessing a sinner.
圣安布罗斯聆听罪人忏悔时，会流下悲苦的泪水。

语源

late Middle English: from Old French confesser, from Latin confessus, past participle of confiteri 'acknowledge', from con- (expressing intensive force) + fateri 'declare, avow'

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