单词confess
v.: 忏悔；坦白；告解；承认（自己感到羞愧或尴尬的事）
网络: 供认；自白；倾诉
供认，坦白，承认（错误或罪行）:
to admit, especially formally or to the police, that you have done sth wrong or illegal
承认（自己感到羞愧或尴尬的事）:
to admit sth that you feel ashamed or embarrassed about
忏悔；悔过；告罪；告解:
to tell God or a priest about the bad things you have done so that you can say that you are sorry and be forgiven
聆听（某人的）忏悔（或告罪、告解）:
to hear sb confess their sins(= the bad things they have done)
觉得
证明
表白,倾诉,吐露
交代;坦白
说,说实话,坦白地说,说句心里话
(神父)听取忏悔
(教士)听取(教徒)忏悔
表白(信仰);忏悔,向上帝[神父等]忏悔(罪恶)
自白,承认,供认
第三人称单数：confesses
现在分词：confessing
过去式：confessed
v.+n.:
confess sin
v.admitown upcome cleanacknowledgedeclare
v.denyrepress
Many folks still prefer good old Notepad or vi (I confess I"m one of those folk) and that"s a great option as well.
许多人仍偏爱好用古老的记事本或vi（我承认我也是其中一员），这并不要紧。
Therefore, we were a bit more willing to confess our activities to Anne and sometimes benefited from her sisterly advice.
因此，我们更愿意向安妮坦白我们的所作所为，并且有时还会得益于她从姐姐角度所给出的建议。
She laughs and covers her mouth with her hand, as if about to confess a guilty secret.
她捂住嘴笑了，仿佛要承认一个罪恶的秘密。
The U. S. State Department has no comment but officials privately confess to a certain "schadenfreude" at Chinese difficulties.
美国国务院没有发表评论，但官员们私下里坦诚，他们对中国的困境感到有些“幸灾乐祸”。
I do not know what I could imagine, but I confess that I have seldom seen a face or figure more pleasing to me than hers.
我也不知道该怎么想，不过说实话，我从没见过哪个人的脸蛋和身材能像她的那样迷人。
Of course, I only had about six years of it, and I confess I may not even have been aware that it was the 19th century.
当然，我只有6年的经历，而且坦白的说，当时我可能根本没有意识到那就是19世纪。
Lowry denied the allegations and said he was pressured by federal agents to confess.
劳莱否认这一控诉并说他是因为受到联邦特工的逼迫才作出承认的。
Torture was formerly used to make people give evidence about crimes, or to make them confess.
酷刑拷打原本用来逼迫受刑者给出犯罪证据，或是认罪。
Many confess they originally took a qualifying test "just to see if I could make it. "
许多人承认，他们参加一次门萨资格测验，起初“纯粹是为了看看自己能不能达标”。
Nor am I ashamed to confess my ignorance of what I do not know.
因此我是不知道的事就承认说不知道，并不害羞。