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Confessional N Count 可数名词 Confess 英 Kən'feʃənəl] 美 Kən'feʃənəl N.告解室;忏悔室

英语单词 confessional
英美音标 英 [kən'feʃənəl] 美 [kən'feʃənəl]
中文释义 n.告解室;忏悔室
adj.忏悔的
英语例句 (1) A drunk staggers into a Catholic Church, enters a confessional box, sits down but says nothing.
(2) I just hate to lie with confessional.
中文例句 (1) 一个醉汉跌跌撞撞走进一个天主教堂的告解室里,坐下却一言不发。
(2) 我痛恨在忏悔室里撒谎。
柯林斯解释
1
[N-COUNT 可数名词](尤指天主教教堂的)告解室 A confessional is the small room in a church where Christians, especially Roman Catholics, go to confess their sins.
    2
    [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]忏悔的;自白的 A confessional speech or writing contains confessions.
    • The convictions rest solely on disputed witness and confessional statements...

      仅仅根据有争议的目击者证言和供词就定了罪。

    • Their first album was painfully frank to the point of being confessional.

      他们的第一张专辑是那么的坦率,近乎自白。

    3
    [N-COUNT 可数名词]忏悔;自白;检讨会;自我批评会 A confessional is a statement or meeting in which people confess things.
    • In regular group confessionals, the worst performers have to explain themselves to their peers.

      在定期举行的集体检讨会上,表现最差的人必须向同事作出解释。

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