"I confess to being a big wuss," she admitted.

“我承认我是个胆小鬼。”她实话实说。

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I must confess to knowing nothing about computers.

我得承认对电脑一窍不通。

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People who confess to feeling happy also grin more than others.

承认感觉幸福的人们也会比别人更喜欢咧着嘴笑。

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Jusu says she was tormented when she heard Allieu confess to the killing of her daughter and grandchild.

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I got to confess to you that Socrates doesn't quite conclude the way I'd have thought he would have concluded, so I had the arguement conclude 6 the soul can't be destroyed.

我必须跟你们说明,苏格拉底得出的结论,并不是我认为,他应该得出的结论，我的论点以6结束6,6说的是灵魂不会毁灭。

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Why didn't he come clean? Of course, they took "The Purloined Ribbon" to be his sort of allegorical way of suggesting that he couldn't possibly confess because nobody can confess, there's no human subjectivity, etc., etc., etc.

为什么不全盘招供，当然，人们把他写的“偷窃的缎带“当成他用一种讽喻的方式,来暗示说他不可能承认,因为没有人能承认，人类主观性的缺失，等等等等。

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Those who confess to cheating will also be required to complete a four-hour course in ethics.

FORBES: Ethics in Business: A Forthright Response to B-School Cheaters

According to the meta-analysis, 2% of researchers questioned were willing to confess to this.

ECONOMIST: Scientists are not quite as honest as might be hoped

Then came the leak (to USA Today) that he planned to confess to Oprah.

CNN: A loss for Lance, a win for Oprah