英語單詞

confessional是什麽意思

confessional

英 [kən'feʃ(ə)n(ə)l] 美 [kən'fɛʃənl]
  • n. 懺悔室;告解室
  • adj. 懺悔的;自白的

英文詞源


confessional (n.)
"place where a priest sits to hear confession," 1727, from French confessional, from Medieval Latin confessionale, noun use of neuter of confessionalis (adj.), from confiteri (see confess).
confessional (adj.)
"pertaining to confession," mid-15c., from Medieval Latin confessionalis (see confessional (n.)).

雙語例句


1. Their first album was painfully frank to the point of being confessional.
他們的第一張專輯是那麽的坦率,近乎自白。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The convictions rest solely on disputed witness and confessional statements.
僅僅根據有爭議的目擊者證言和供詞就定了罪。

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3. Laundry warrior Zatik - Sawyer uses a digital version of the kitchen - table confessional.
“洗衣房戰士”艾米利·亞紮提克·薩雅利用電子技術來表達自己的感受.

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4. Anne Sexton is the most important confessional poet in America.
安妮·塞克斯頓是美國自白詩派的重要女詩人.

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5. Unlike Lowell's, his poems are neither autobiographical nor confessional.
和洛厄爾不同, 他的詩既不是自傳性質的,也不是懺悔的.

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