confession-主題

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