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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 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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