partial confession. It is generally self-evident that the value of the latter is to be judged according to its own nature. The confession must be accepted as a means of proof, not as proof, and this demands that it shall be consistent with the rest of the evidence, for in that way only can it become proof. But it is most essential that the confession shall be internally tested, i. examined for logical and psychological consistency. This procedure is especially necessary with regard to certain definite confessions. (a) Confessions given without motive. (b) Partial confessions.英文原著 · 《Criminal Psychology》
"Listen, Osman, to what I say! I am almost ashamed to confess it, and yet it is true, next to my mother I love you best on earth, and I believe I could sacrifice my life for you."
"And I mine for you," said Osman, gently. "Let us swear to be true friends forever," continued Mohammed. "Here is my hand! Eternal friendship! If you need me, Osman, call me, and, were I ever so distant, I would come to you. When in want, or when cast down by sorrow and suffering, I will complain to no one but you. What my lips will confess to no one else, they shall confess to Osman.英文原著 · 《Mohammed Ali and His House》
Confess! It won't be on Tuesday, will it? In two days! No, no... I tell you, we have four days yet, five days, in which to save him... Confess it, confess it!"
She had no strength left, exhausted by this fit of rebellion; and her voice uttered none but inarticulate sounds. He looked at her for a moment, then poured himself out a glass of champagne and drank it down at a gulp. He took a few steps up and down the room, came back to her and said:
"Listen to me, darling...英文原著 · 《The Crystal Stopper》
You-- on account of the illness of that rather forgotten lady, Miss Martin Leeds--" "Aren't you rather abusing the secrets of the confessional?" "This IS the confessional. It closes to-morrow morning but it is the confessional still. Look at the thing frankly. You, I say, are also at loose ends. Can you deny it? My dear sir, don't we both know that ever since we left London you have been ready to fall in love with any pretty thing in petticoats that seemed to promise you three ha'porth of kindness. A lost dog looking for a master! You're a stray man looking for a mistress.英文原著 · 《The Secret Places of the Heart》
" Confess you knew it all the time! Confess!" The answer was muffled. " Well, sometimes I thought you did, and at other times I thought you- didn't."英文原著 · 《Active Service》
Besides, you are enervated. I'm fresh to the climate. Let me be your partner, and you'll see me rattle the dry bones of the Solomons. Confess, I've rattled yours already."
"I should say so," he answered. "Really, you know, you have. I never received such a dressing-down in my life. If any one had ever told me that I'd be a party even to the present situation. Yes, I confess, you have rattled my dry bones pretty considerably."
"But that is nothing to the rattling they are going to get," she assured him, as he rose and took her hand.英文原著 · 《Adventure》
I need to confess something... something I'm not proud to confess.美剧 · 《House of Cards》
Because after you confess, Haley and I will each confess to the same thing.美剧 · 《Modern Family》
Oh, sorry, I wasn't expecting a monologue from Confessions of a Call Girl.美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》
Oh, they kept whacking me with it until I confessed to stealing that bread when I was seven.美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》