单词 | self-confessed |
释义 | self-confessed From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishself-confessedˌself-conˈfessed adjective [only before noun]ADMITadmitting that you have a particular quality, especially one that is bad a self-confessed drug addictExamples from the Corpusself-confessed• A self-confessed alcoholic, equally at home on stage and screen, he is starring in two top box office films.• Dan Rizzo is a self-confessed cheesecake freak and has the generous proportions to prove it.• The words are, of course, those of John Ruskin, self-confessed enemy of railways and all their works.• The accusations were made by a self-confessed former Communist agent named Whittaker Chambers.• It says such self-confessed limitations should make the department hesitate before going further. |
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