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be confessional
形容词用法，指作品、话语等带有坦白个人经历或情感的风格。
Her writing is confessional.
她的写作是自白式的。
告解室
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
告解室
a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions
Her writing is confessional.
她的写作是自白式的。
告解室；忏悔室
A small room where confession—the Sacrament of Penance—is performed in private with a priest.
忏悔；告解
A confession.
(真人秀中)参与者直接对着镜头评论节目事件的采访片段
A filmed interview in which a cast member speaks directly into the camera commenting on the events of the episode.
The old church has a wooden confessional near the side door.
那座老教堂侧门附近有一个木制告解室。
She waited quietly in the confessional before sharing her story.
她在告解室里安静地等候，然后才讲述自己的心事。
Visitors are not allowed to enter the confessional during Mass.
弥撒期间访客不得进入告解室。
形容词用法，指作品、话语等带有坦白个人经历或情感的风格。
Her writing is confessional.
她的写作是自白式的。
名词用法，指教堂中神父听取告解的小隔间；复数形式为 confessionals。
The priest waited in the confessional.
神父在告解室里等候。
Not this
He waited outside the confession for his turn.
Use this
He waited outside the confessional for his turn.
confession 是‘忏悔’这一行为或所说的话，不指地点；指神父听告解的小房间时用名词 confessional。这里 outside 后需要表示地点的名词。
Not this
She sat in confessional and made her confession.
Use this
She sat in a confessional and made her confession.
confessional 是可数名词，单数形式前需要冠词 a/the；中文‘坐在告解室里’没有冠词概念，英语中不能说 in confessional，要用 in a confessional 或 in the confessional。
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自白诗，坦露个人情感与经历的诗歌
She wrote confessional poetry about her childhood.
她写过关于自己童年的自白诗。
自白派诗人
He is often described as a confessional poet.
他常被描述为自白派诗人。
自白式风格，忏悔式风格
Her films are known for their confessional style.
她的电影以自白式风格著称。
忏悔的语气，坦白的语气
He spoke in a quiet, confessional tone.
他以平静、忏悔的语气说话。
进入告解室，去忏悔
He entered the confessional and knelt down.
他进入告解室，跪了下来。
去告解室忏悔
She goes to the confessional every week.
她每周去告解室忏悔。
Use confessional naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
听到 confess（坦白）就想：在告解室里向神父坦白，这个 -al 小屋就是告解室。
语域：neutral 常见场景：教堂、宗教仪式、天主教/基督教场景、文学或历史描述 该词为中性词，多用于教堂环境，常出现在宗教、文学或历史描述中；日常口语中较少使用。
与 confessional 押韵（重读元音及之后相同）的有 professional、congressional、processional。注意 confession 和 confessor 拼写相似，但分别以 /ʃən/ 和 /sər/ 结尾，不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.