| 单词 | confess to |
| 释义 | > as lemmasconfess to a. intransitive. confess to (a thing): To plead guilty to (a charge), own to (a fault or weakness); to admit, acknowledge. With indirect passive. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > acknowledgement, avowal, or confession > acknowledge, avow, or confess [verb (intransitive)] > plead guilty to (a charge) confess to1771 society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > reveal one's true character > confess subscribea1616 confess to1771 own1772 admit1830 to make a clean breast of1838 fess1840 to own up1844 to spit it out1855 to make a clean breast of it1878 cough1901 to come clean1919 to spill one's guts (out)1927 tell papa1929 1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. III. 26 These charges he..denied; but he confessed to one of as heinous a nature. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1776 II. 33 [Johnson:] He confesses to one bottle of port every day, and he probably drinks more. 1840 C. J. Lever Harry Lorrequer vi I have already ‘confessed’ to my crying sin..to follow the humour of the moment. 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xii. 193 He had to confess to a certain sense of failure. 1888 F. Hume Madame Midas i. x. 69 A..damsel, who was thirty-five years of age, and confessed to twenty-two. < as lemmas |
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