confession
- n.(对使自己羞愧或尴尬的事的)表白，承认;坦白;忏悔;认罪;供认;供词;告解;供状;(向神父作的)告罪;（宗教的）信仰表白
复数： confessions
confessionnoun
供词；供状；认罪；供认；坦白
a statement that a person makes, admitting that they are guilty of a crime; the act of making such a statement
After hours of questioning by police, she made a full confession.
经过警察数小时的审问，她才供认了全部罪行。
（对使自己羞愧或尴尬的事的）表白，承认
a statement admitting sth that you are ashamed or embarrassed about; the act of making such a statement
I've a confession to make─I lied about my age.
我有错要承认——我谎报了年龄。
（向神父作的）告罪；告解
a private statement to a priest about the bad things that you have done
to go to confession
去告解
to hear sb's confession
听某人告解
（宗教的）信仰表白
a statement of your religious beliefs, principles, etc.
a confession of faith
宗教信仰表白
confession
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N-COUNT 供状;供词
A confession is a signed statement by someone in which they admit that they have committed a particular crime.They forced him to sign a confession.
他们强迫他在一份供词上签名。
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N-VAR (对使自己羞愧或尴尬之事的)承认，坦白
Confession is the act of admitting that you have done something that you are ashamed of or embarrassed about.The diaries are a mixture of confession and observation...
这些日记既有自白，也有评论。
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N-VAR 声明;告白;表白
If you make a confession of your beliefs or feelings, you publicly tell people that this is what you believe or feel....Tatyana's confession of love.
塔季扬娜爱的告白
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N-VAR (天主教会等的)忏悔，告解，办神工
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.He never went to Father Porter for confession again.
他再也没有向波特神甫作过告解。
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- (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
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- a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party
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- the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)
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- a public declaration of your faith
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- an admission of misdeeds or faults
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Confession cleanses the soul .
忏悔净化灵魂。
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Michael extorts a confession from his brother-in-law before having him killed . Michael
在杀他的姐夫时，强迫对方忏悔
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After hours of questioning by police , she made a full confession .
经过警察数小时的审问，她才供认了全部罪行。
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His confession involved a number of other politicians in the affair .
他的自白供出其他一些政治人物也涉及此事。
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He made a false confession which he later retracted .
他作了假供词，后来又翻供。
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His confessions were made under torture .
他被屈打成招。
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He was shocked into a confession of guilt .
他被吓得认罪了。
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We dragged a confession out of him .
我们硬逼着他招了供。
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He signed the confession under duress .
他出于被迫在供状上签了字。
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He never went to Father Porter for confession again .
他再也没有向波特神甫作过告解。
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The diaries are a mixture of confession , work in progress and observation .
这些日记里既有自白，也有当下工作记录，还有见闻评论。
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I have a confession to make .
我有件事要坦白。
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He thought her confession had been made under duress .
他认为她是被刑讯逼供的。
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The confessions were obtained by what amounts to torture .
这些供状是用近乎逼供的方式得来的。
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They forced him to sign a confession .
他们强迫他在一份供词上签名。
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The diaries are a mixture of confession and observation
这些日记既有自白，也有评论。
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The Supreme Court threw out the confession and voided his conviction for murder .
最高法院驳回了供词，宣布他谋杀罪名不成立。
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Uncorroborated confessions should no longer be accepted by courts .
没有证据证实的供词不应再被法庭采用。
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Some magistrates have abused their powers of arrest to extort confessions .
有些地方执法官滥用逮捕权进行逼供。
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The thief alleged that the police forced him to make a false confession .
小偷声称警方逼迫他作假口供。
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Confession is one mark of repentance .
坦白是悔悟的一个标志。
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Neither trickery nor coercion is used to secure confessions .
既不诱供也不逼供。
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It is strictly forbidden to obtain confessions and to give them credence .
严禁逼供信。
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His confession surprised everyone .
他的供词使大家都感到意外。
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The policeman had their confession .
警察得到了他们的口供。
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You must sign the confession under pain of death .
你必须在这份坦白书上签字，否则就处死你。
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His confession was forced out of him and can 't be used as evidence .
他的口供是屈打成招，不足为证。
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Another major cause of wrongful convictions is false confessions .
另一项主要的误判原因就是假供。
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They forced a confession from him .
他们逼他招供。
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Confessions made to him are never blabbed .
向他坦白的话决不会泄漏出去。
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