Company is the most long love confession. 陪伴是最长情的告白。

confession [kənˈfeʃn]

n.

供词;供状;认罪;供认;坦白;(对使自己羞愧或尴尬的事的)表白，承认;(向神父作的)告罪;告解

复数： confessions

记忆技巧：confess的名词

1. [C, U] 供词；供状；认罪；供认；坦白

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。

They forced him to sign a confession.

他们强迫他在一份供词上签名。

The policeman had their confession.

警察得到了他们的口供。

Confession is one mark of repentance. （ repentance [rɪˈpentəns] n.后悔;懊悔;悔过;忏悔）

坦白是悔悟的一个标志。

I have a confession to make.

我有件事要坦白。

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。（conviction [kənˈvɪkʃn] n.判罪;定罪;证明有罪;坚定的看法(或信念);深信;坚信;坚定;肯定，复数： convictions）

His confession surprised everyone.

他的供词使大家都感到意外。

He thought her confession had been made under duress.

他认为她是被刑讯逼供的。

duress [duˈres] n.胁迫;强迫

2. [C, U] （对使自己羞愧或尴尬的事的）表白，承认 ； 声明;告白;表白

I've a confession to make─I lied about my age.

我有错要承认——我谎报了年龄。

The diaries are a mixture of confession and observation.

这些日记既有自白，也有评论。

...Tatyana's confession of love.

塔季扬娜爱的告白

Confession cleanses the soul.

忏悔净化灵魂。

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。

This is my confession of the soul.

这是我心灵的告白。

3. [U, C]（向神父作的）告罪；告解

to go to confession

去告解

to hear sb's confession

听某人告解

4. [C] (formal) （宗教的）信仰表白

a confession of faith

宗教信仰表白

faith [feɪθ] n.信任;相信;信心;宗教信仰;(某一)宗教；复数： faiths

动词

confess [kənˈfes]

v.

供认，坦白，承认(错误或罪行);承认(自己感到羞愧或尴尬的事);忏悔(罪过);悔过;告罪;告解

第三人称单数： confesses 现在分词： confessing 过去式： confessed 过去分词： confessed

[V] She confessed to the murder.

她供认犯了谋杀罪。

He had confessed to seventeen murders

他供认了17起谋杀案。

Most people confess to a bad memory.

大多数人都承认记性差。

Ray changed his mind, claiming that he had been forced into confessing

雷翻了供，声称自己是被逼招供的。

After hours of questioning, the suspect confessed.

经过数小时的审问后，嫌疑犯终于招供。

[V (that)] He confessed that he had stolen the money.

他承认他偷了那笔钱。

I confess it's got me baffled

我承认这把我难倒了。

I must confess I'm not a great enthusiast for long political programmes.

我必须承认自己对时间很长的政治节目不是很热衷。

Right off I want to confess that I was wrong.

我立刻就想承认我错了。

Her husband confessed to having had an affair

她丈夫承认有过外遇。

I had expected her to confess that she only wrote these books for the money

我本以为她会承认写这些书只是为了钱。

[VN] We persuaded her to confess her crime.

我们说服她坦白她的罪行。

[VN] She was reluctant to confess her ignorance.

她不愿承认她的无知。

[V] I must confess to knowing nothing about computers.

我得承认对电脑一窍不通。

[VN-ADJ] (formal) I confess myself bewildered by their explanation.

我承认他们的解释使我感到困惑。

admit通常指承认普遍认为不好或错误的事情属实或确实发生过，尤指与自己行为有关。

concede通常指勉强承认某事属实或某种说法合乎逻辑。

confess

( rather formal ) to admit sth that you feel ashamed or embarrassed about 指承认自己感到羞愧或尴尬的事：

She was reluctant to confess her ignorance.

她不愿意承认自己无知。

allow

( formal ) to agree that sth is true or correct 指同意某事属实或正确：

He refuses to allow that such a situation could arise.

他拒不承认这种情况有可能发生。

grant

to admit that a statement or claim is true, usually while denying that a greater claim is also true 指同意某种说法属实，但通常同时否认另一过头说法：

She's an intelligent woman, I grant you, but she's no genius.

我同意，她是一个很聪明的女人，但并不是天才。

Granted, he is a beginner, but he should know the basic rules.

的确，他是个初学者，但基本规则他应该懂啊。