confess /kənˈfes/ vt.& vi. 1.承认，供认，坦白（跟从句、名词、v-ing、介词to引起的短语或复合结构）：He confesses that he has done it. 他承认他干了这件事 I must confess error. 我必须承认错误。 ［考句］ The man in the corner confessed to having told a lie to the manager of the company.角落里的那个人承认自己对公司经理撒了谎。She confessed herself (to be) guilty. 她承认自己犯罪。 2.忏悔: He confessed to the priest before he died. 他在死前向神甫忏悔。
［辨析］与acknowledge, admit辨见acknowledge
