fess up

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其他形式

• 'fess up (带撇号)

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confess up 的截斷形式。

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fess up (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 fesses up，現在分詞 fessing up，一般過去時及過去分詞 fessed up)

1. (不及物，口語) 承认，认错，认罪

   近義詞：own up

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

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

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   • 2008年12月18日, 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年2月26日, 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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