Word · Frequency #19906
confessor
告解神父；听告解的神父
核心释义
天主教用语
a priest who hears confession and gives absolution
- 1.
在迫害面前承认基督教信仰但未殉道的人。
One who confesses faith in Christianity in the face of persecution, but who is not martyred.
- 2.
承认自己做了错事的人；认错者。
One who confesses to having done something wrong.
- 3.
听取忏悔并给予赦罪的牧师；听告解的神父。
A priest who hears confession and then gives absolution.
- 4.
充当倾听者和帮助者的人。
Someone who acts as listener and helper.
供认者；坦白者；在迫害面前承认基督教信仰但未殉道的人。；承认自己做了错事的人；认错者。；听取忏悔并给予赦罪的牧师；听告解的神父。；充当倾听者和帮助者的人。
用法In use
She told her confessor about the mistake she had made.
用法提示：confessor 是名词，指听取告解的神父，作 told 的宾语。
The two confessors listened patiently to every visitor who came to the chapel.
用法提示：confessors 是 confessor 的复数形式，作句子主语。
His confessor advised him to speak honestly about his worries.
用法提示：此处 confessor 为名词，指他的告解神父，作主语。
confess sth to one's confessor
confessor 通常指天主教中听告解的神父，常见搭配为 sb's confessor 和 confess sth to one's confessor；其‘供认者’一义很少用。
She confessed all her sins to her confessor.
她向她的告解神父忏悔了自己所有的罪过。
常见错误Common mistakes
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- father confessor
- 听告解的神父；忏悔神父
- The king told all his sins to his father confessor.国王把自己犯下的所有罪过都告诉了听告解的神父。
- personal confessor
- 私人告解神父
- She chose a kind priest as her personal confessor.她选了一位和善的神父作自己的私人告解神父。
- confessor to the king
- 国王的告解神父
- He was appointed confessor to the king in 1510.1510年，他被任命为国王的告解神父。
- confessor of the faith
- 信仰宣认者；因坚守信仰而遭迫害的教徒
- The early church honored him as a confessor of the faith.早期教会尊崇他为信仰的宣认者。
- go to one's confessor
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把 confess（忏悔、坦白）想成“肯承认”，-or 表示“人”，所以 confessor 就是“忏悔者”或“听人忏悔的神父”。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：religious/confession settings、formal or literary writing confessor 一词总体多用于正式场合。指“听告解的神父”时，常见于天主教或宗教语境；指“供认者、坦白者”时，则多见于文学作品或正式叙述。日常口语中较少使用。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 -essor 结尾，重读音节中的元音为 /e/，随后是 /sə(r)/，与 confessor /kənˈfesə(r)/ 押韵：professor /prəˈfesə(r)/、assessor /əˈsesə(r)/、oppressor /əˈpresə(r)/、aggressor /əˈɡresə(r)/、successor /səkˈsesə(r)/。注意 possessor /pəˈzesə(r)/ 拼写相似，但其中的 s 读 /z/，不是严格押韵。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.