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单词 self-confessed
释义
self-confessed
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌself.kənˈfest/us
/ˌself.kənˈfest/
admittingto having acharacteristicthat isconsideredto bebador notacceptable:
自我坦白的；自己承认的
Newevidencefrom a self-confessedliarwas not enough tojustifyaretrial.一位承认自己说谎的人提供的新证据并不足以说明案件需要重审。
a self-confessedgambler/alcoholic承认自己赌博／酗酒的人
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  • concessionary
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(Definition ofself-confessedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofself-confessed

self-confessed
What the book lacks in theoretical sophistication is more than made up for by its author'sself-confessedempiricism.
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For theself-confessedfundamentalist, to be thus called is proudly taken as a recognition that someone has stuck rigidly to the fundamental tenets of their faith.
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Grammarians would seem to be caught in the middle, but their responses to the naming struggle are difficult to chart because it is rare nowadays to find aself-confessedgrammarian.
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Why cannot the unconvicted prisoners go into the open prisons and let theself-confessedconvicted criminals go into the closed prisons?
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Their lawlessness isself-confessed, as is their anarchy.
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It is theirself-confessedambition to do away with it.
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I am referring to theself-confesseddefect within the pages of the document namely, that it is not a plan.
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With regard to his confusion orself-confessedinability to understand the third paragraph on page 101, he is not by himself.
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That intervention is helpful because it is made by aself-confessedenthusiast for the ghastly measure.
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Every person ever convicted of badger-digging has been aself-confessedfoxhunting terrier man.
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I stand before you as aself-confessedcriminal.
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His incompetence isself-confessedas well as obvious.
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It concerned aself-confessedmillionaire tax dodger who had exiled himself but who came back when he owed £500,000 in tax.
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That is a man who is aself-confessedintellectual snob.
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Aself-confessedthief received compensation of £6,000, which seems bizarre.
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