confession [名詞] 承認;供認;告解
confession
[kən'feʃən]
n.自認, 自白, 招供, 懺悔
例句與用法:
Catholics go to confession to be purged of sin/purge (away) their sin/purge their souls of sin.
天主教徒透過告解以獲得赦罪[淨化靈魂]。
The police tricked him into making a confession.
警察哄騙他作了招認。
By clever questioning they trapped him into making a confession.
他們用巧妙的提問誘使他招認了。
The priest made a deathbed confession.
牧師做了臨終懺悔。
The police tried to twist his words into a confession.
警察試圖曲解他的話,使之成為有罪的招供。
After confession he feels a little better and can sleep at ease.
懺悔之後他覺得好過一點,並且能安眠了。
英文解釋:
名詞 confession:
an admission of misdeeds or faults
a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party
(Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
a public declaration of your faith
a document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)
以上來源於大辭典