[A]25、admit，confess和acknowledge

25　admit，confess和acknowledge

① admit常含被迫或不情愿之意，指因外部壓力或受到良心譴責(zé)等而承認(rèn)原想否認(rèn)的事。
He admitted his guilt to the police. 他向警方認(rèn)了罪。
② confess表示“認(rèn)罪，認(rèn)錯(cuò)”，常指承認(rèn)自己的罪行、過(guò)錯(cuò)或隱私等，側(cè)重“坦白”之意。
He confessed that he was guilty/taking part in a plot to free the prisoner/to the priest before he died. 他承認(rèn)自己有罪/坦白參與放走那個(gè)囚犯的密謀/在死前向神父懺悔。
③ acknowledge為普通用詞，側(cè)重指公開(kāi)承認(rèn)事實(shí)，某事的存在或某事的真實(shí)性。
He gladly acknowledged himself in the wrong. 他欣然認(rèn)錯(cuò)。