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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。
告解神父；听告解的神父
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告解神父；听告解的神父
a priest who hears confession and gives absolution
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。
天主教用语
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.
承认自己做了错事的人；认错者。
One who confesses to having done something wrong.
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.
充当倾听者和帮助者的人。
Someone who acts as listener and helper.
She told her confessor about the mistake she had made.
她把自己犯的错告诉了听她告解的神父。
The two confessors listened patiently to every visitor who came to the chapel.
两位听告解的神父耐心地倾听每一位来到小礼拜堂的访客。
His confessor advised him to speak honestly about his worries.
他的告解神父建议他坦诚地说出自己的烦恼。
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。
Not this
He made a confessor to the priest.
Use this
He made a confession to the priest.
confessor 指‘听告解的神父’或‘供认者’，是表示人的名词；表达‘告解/忏悔’这个行为要用名词 confession。
Not this
He confessor all his sins.
Use this
He confessed all his sins.
confessor 是名词，不能作谓语；动词形式是 confess，所以这里应改为过去式 confessed。
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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。
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。
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。
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。
去找告解神父忏悔
She goes to her confessor once a month.
她每月去告解神父那里一次。
知心人，倾诉对象（原指聆听告解的神父）
She used her manager as a father confessor, telling him all her worries about work.
她把经理当作知心人，把工作中的烦恼全都告诉了他。
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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。
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.