| 词组 | self-confessed |
| 释义 | self-confessed Self-confessed has been regarded by a few critics as a tautological substitute for confessed. Note, however, that in typical usage the meaning of self-confessed is closer to admitted or avowed than it is to confessed and confessed will not always substitute for it comfortably: • ... a man old enough to be my father, and a self-confessed master of English prose —Ernest Hemingway, "African Journal," 1956 • That was the fate of ... Eugene McCarthy, a self-confessed poet —E. L. Doctorow, N.Y. Times, 11 Apr. 1976 • A lifelong bachelor with a self-confessed taste for medals —Thomas Powers, TV. Y. Times Book Rev., 21 May 1978 • ... an engaging portrait of a self-confessed maverick —Mel Watkins, TV. Y. Times Book Rev., 7 Oct. 1979 • Warburg, a self-confessed "eccentric" and Anglophile —advt. flyer, Oxford University Press, June 1981 |
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