confession
英 [kən'feʃ(ə)n]
美 [kən'fɛʃən]
英語の語源
- confession (n.)
- late 14c., "action of confessing," originally in religion, from Old French confession (10c.), from Latin confessionem (nominative confessio) "confession, acknowledgement," noun of action from past participle stem of confiteri (see confess). In law, from 1570s. Meaning "that which is confessed" is mid-15c. An Old English word for it was andettung, also scriftspr?c.
例文
- 1. The diaries are a mixture of confession ，work in progress and observation.
- これらの日記には自白もあれば、現在の作業記録もあり、見聞評論もある。
- 2.The diaries are a mixture of confession and observation.
- これらの日記には告白もあれば、コメントもあります。
- 3.He never went to Father Porter for confession again.
- 彼は二度とポッター神父に告げ口したことがない。
- 4.He was staunchly opposed to a public confession .
- 彼は公開自白に断固反対した。
- 5.His confession was greeted with derisive hoots.
- 彼の告白は人々の皮肉なブーイングを呼んだ。
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