vt.
承认，供认，坦白：
Now, I must confess that I'm at my wit's end.
现在我必须承认我已毫无办法。
(向上帝或神甫)忏悔；(神甫)听取…的忏悔；为…办告解：
She confessed her sins.
她忏悔她的罪过。
The Father confessed the criminal.
神甫听了罪犯的忏悔。
表白(信仰)，宣称对…的信奉
vi.
承认错误(或罪行)，认罪，供认(常与 to 连用)：
I confess to having heard about it.
我承认曾听说过这件事。
(向神甫)忏悔；(神甫)听取忏悔：
He confessed to the priest before he died.
他死前向神甫作了忏悔。
近义词:
acknowledge
短语:
confess and avoid
【法律】承认所控告的事实而又主张法律上不能成立诉讼