confession

confession
noun

a formal statement admitting that one is guilty of a crime
认罪；供认，招供；供状：
he signed a confession to both the murders.
他在两件谋杀案的供状上都签了字。
[mass noun]proof of this crime must be established by confession.
他在两件谋杀案的供状上都签了字。
■an admission or acknowledgement that one has done something about which one is ashamed or embarrassed
认错；坦白；承认
by his own confession, he had strayed perilously close to alcoholism.
据他自己承认，他曾险些误入歧途，沾染嗜酒的恶习。
■a formal admission of one's sins with repentance and desire of absolution, especially privately to a priest as a religious duty
（尤指对神父的）忏悔。参见sacrament of reconciliation
she still had not been to confession.
她仍未去忏悔。
■(confessions)(often humorous)intimate revelations about a person's private life or occupation, especially as presented in a sensationalized form in a book, newspaper, or film
(常幽默)（尤指书报，电影中以耸人听闻的手法暴露某人私生活或职业的）私生活揭秘，忏悔录
confessions of a driving instructor.
一位驾驶教练的自白。
(亦作 confession of faith)a statement setting out essential religious doctrine
（宗教）信仰声明
■(亦作 Confession)the religious body or Church sharing a confession of faith
（有共同信条的）宗教团体，教派，教会
■a statement of one's principles:
信仰声明；行为准则的声明
his words are a political confession of faith.
他的话是一种政治信仰的声明。

派生
confessionary
adjective
语源

late Middle English: via Old French from Latin confessio(n-), from confiteri 'acknowledge' (see confess)

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