英语单词

confessional是什么意思

confessional

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

英文词源


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.)).

双语例句


1. 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。

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2. 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。

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3. Laundry warrior Zatik - Sawyer uses a digital version of the kitchen - table confessional.
“洗衣房战士”艾米利·亚扎提克·萨雅利用电子技术来表达自己的感受.

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4. Anne Sexton is the most important confessional poet in America.
安妮·塞克斯顿是美国自白诗派的重要女诗人.

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5. Unlike Lowell's, his poems are neither autobiographical nor confessional.
和洛厄尔不同, 他的诗既不是自传性质的,也不是忏悔的.

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