confess/ kən'fεs /

1.vi.
(to sin,crime) 坦白

2.vt.[+sin] [ guilt] [ crime] 
坦白

3.vt.[+weakness] [ ignorance] 
承认

to confess to sth/to doing sth
承认某事/做了某事
to confess sth to sb
向某人坦白某事
I must confess that...
我得承认…
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