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con·fes·sion·al
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复数:confessionals
比较级:more confessional
最高级:most confessional
confessionally (adv.)
词根:confess
n.confession 忏悔,告解;供认
confessor 忏悔者;为信教而被迫害的教徒
vi.confess 承认;坦白;忏悔;供认
vt.confess 承认;坦白;忏悔;供认
noun
a place where a priest hears confessions
the practice of confessing to a priest
adjective
of, relating to, or being a confession especially of faith
intimately autobiographical
confessional fiction
characterized by unguarded openness or self-revelation
We live in a confessional culture, provoked by social media and the internet and the warmth of the human impulse to share and … commiserate.—Megan Garber
"小隔间,供神父听取忏悔的地方",1727年,源自法语 confessional,来自中世纪拉丁语 confessionale,是 confessionalis(形容词)的名词用法,来自 confiteri 的过去分词词干,意为“承认”(参见 confess)。
Noun probably borrowed from French confessional (short for chaire confessionale, siège confessional, literally, "confessional seat"), noun derivative of confessional, adjective, "constituting or used for a confession," borrowed from Medieval Latin confessiōnālis, from Latin confessiōn-, confessiō confession + -ālis -al >entry 1 Adjective borrowed from Medieval Latin confessiōnālis "constituting or used for a confession" — more at confessional >entry 1
The first known use of confessional was in 1684
confidentialadjective
secret entry 1 sense 1a, private
confidential information
indicating or suggesting closeness : intimate
a confidential tone of voice
trusted with secret matters
a confidential secretary
confidantenoun
confidantespecially: one who is a woman
confidantnoun
a person to whom secrets are entrusted : a close friend
confettinoun
small bits of brightly colored paper made for throwing (as at weddings)
confessornoun
one that confesses
a priest who hears confessions
confessionnoun
an act of confessingespecially: a telling of one's sins to a priest
a meeting for the confessing of sins
go to confession
a statement admitting guilt
the thief signed a confession
a formal statement of religious beliefs : creed
confessionalnoun
the enclosed place in which a priest sits and hears confessions
the practice of confessing to a priest
1 “But in the scene, she says something about being alone, and it was almost confessional because it was so true to what I had experienced.”
2 At the same time, Christine, who volunteers at a children’s hospital, does puppet shows for the young patients—but, as her own troubles overwhelm her, the shows take on a psychodramatic and confessional air.
3 For the third Villagers album, “Darling Arithmetic,” Mr. O’Brien has scaled back radically, turning out something that resembles an old-fashioned folk-rock confessional.
4 Is she giving us enough of a connection to the teasingly confessional songwriter she was before?
5 When I opened my eyes, the confessional and all the chains were gone.
当我睁开眼睛时, 忏悔室和那些链条都消失了.
6 “MFA vs NYC” will appeal to many young writers, not merely for its insider perspective but also for its gossip and confessional essays.
7 No explanation is offered for his act of confessional vandalism.
8 Alas, what strikes us as witty, original and winning often comes across to the rest of the world as sloppily confessional, self-promotional or trite.
9 Ross’s performance achieves the requisite apotheosis in Evan’s confessional second-act aria, “Words Fail,” a song that will have you near tears — if you have any heart at all.
10 The tree’s huge, dark branches offered protection, like a confessional.
11 Within two weeks, he’d resigned and spent the rest of his days in a small cabin writing confessional poetry.
12 The album, released on Third Man Records, Jack White’s tastemaking label, blends Ms. Price’s gripping confessionals with rootsy melodies that sound as well worn as a 45 single playing on a jukebox.
13 In a confessional interview with Pitchfork, Björk spoke about heartbreak, creating the new album, motherhood and most strikingly what it’s like to be a woman in the music industry.
14 As Allison explains to Claire over a succession of dead-end encounters, Paul was also cultivating an entirely separate life from his wife, one involving dubious art, confessional hugs and ukuleles.
15 She’s in strong voice throughout and no less confessional than ever.
16 It was a performance that, despite the spotlights and spinning cameras, felt like a moment of intimacy, confessional and whispered.
17 Bogart explained, in a frank confessional article, why he never liked his mother.
在一篇坦白心迹的文章里,鲍嘉解释了自己为什么从不喜欢自己的母亲。
18 Confessional and tragic consciousness have come into being gradually in the Chinese literature.
忏悔意识、悲剧意识逐渐在中国文学中生成。
19 I’ll have to wait till I go to America where there are priests like Bing Crosby in Going My Way who won’t kick me out of the confessional like Limerick priests.
20 Williams, author of the award-winning memoir "Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place," talks about writing as poetry, as politics, as conferral and as confessional.
2 告解的
3 告解室
4 承认
admission recognition confession acknowledgement imprimatur own allow notice accept recognize Grant admit plead concede own up cop to
6 告罪
9 忏悔室
10 忏悔
confession shrift confess sackcloth and ashes sacrament of reconciliation penitent penitence repent penitential penance repentant contrite confessionary contrition peccavi shrive put on a white sheet
12 教派的
13 宗派的