fess up

参见：'fess up

英语

其他形式

• 'fess up (带撇号)

词源

confess up 的截断形式。

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动词

fess up (第三人称单数简单现在时 fesses up，现在分词 fessing up，一般过去时及过去分词 fessed up)

1. (不及物，口语) 承认，认错，认罪

   近义词： own up

   • 1918, Rex Ellingwood Beach, 章号 26, 出自 The Winds of Chance‎^[1]:

     "‛Fess up," she persisted. "Have you boys been quarreling again?"

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   • 2008 12月 18, Barack Obama, President-elect press conference:

     And you know, one of the things that I hope is that the American people will find when we make a mistake, we're willing to 'fess up to it and change.

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   • 2009 2月 26, Roy Furchgott, “You’ve Sold Your Stocks. Now What?”, 出自 New York Times‎^[2]:

     “I spent a lot of time trying to figure out what was happening in the financial industry, and I came to the conclusion that people weren’t fessing up,” he said.

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