confess學測 L4KK [kəˈnfɛs] ｜ /kəˈnfɛs/
坦承過錯；承認·認罪；招供·告解；懺悔
三民B1L5字，接to是常見陷阱
She finally confessed to lying about her age.
她終於坦承自己謊報了年齡。
一個畫面：低頭說出秘密
低頭吐實壓抑許久，終於開口說出真相
如釋重負說出口後，心裡的重擔卸下
跪地告解在神父面前跪下，懺悔過錯
義項
俯首坦承C2verb坦承過錯；承認
John decided to confess to his boss about the mistake he had made on the report.
約翰決定向老闆坦承自己在報告上犯的錯。
confess to a mistakeconfess to cheating on a test
低頭認罪B2verb認罪；招供
After the police found proof, the man confessed to the robbery.
警方找到證據後，那名男子坦承犯下搶案。
confess to a crimeconfess to a robbery
跪地懺悔B2verb告解；懺悔
After hiding the truth for a long time, John finally confessed his mistake to the priest.
隱瞞真相許久之後，約翰終於向神父坦承了自己的過錯。
confess to a priestconfess one's sins
片語
confess to a crime俯首認罪 →坦承犯下罪行
confess one's feelings吐露心聲 →向對方坦白心意
confess to cheating承認作弊 →承認自己作弊
你會不會這樣說？
He confessed ___ cheating on the test. (Ø / to)
看答案
to
confess 接動名詞須加 to，不可直接接 Ving。
'John decided to confess to his boss about the mistake.' 這裡的 confess 最接近哪個意思？(A) 坦承 (B) 質問
看答案
(A)
confess 指主動說出過錯，並非質問對方。
字族
confession 招供；告解・confessed 坦承的；招認的