[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等而承認原想否認的事。
He admitted his guilt to the police. 他向警方認了罪。
② confess表示“認罪，認錯”，常指承認自己的罪行、過錯或隱私等，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. 他承認自己有罪/坦白參與放走那個囚犯的密謀/在死前向神父懺悔。
③ acknowledge為普通用詞，側(cè)重指公開承認事實，某事的存在或某事的真實性。
He gladly acknowledged himself in the wrong. 他欣然認錯。