confessional

UK:  [kən'feʃ(ə)nəl]

US:  [kən'feʃən(ə)l]

复数：confessionals  

adj.

1.自白的

v.

1.忏悔室

1 . Public opinion might be more willing to welcome him back were he to offer some sort of confessional explanation once home in France.
而如果他一回到法国就作出某种形式忏悔解说，公众舆论也许会更乐意欢迎他回家。

2 . Bogart explained , in a frank confessional article , why he had never loved his mother .
在一篇坦白心迹的文章里，鲍嘉解释了自己为什么从不喜欢自己的母亲。

3 . Though her work often seemed confessional, even her closest friends wondered how much they ever knew her.
虽然她的作品似乎常常在自白，但是即使她最亲密的朋友也不知道自己了解她多少。

4 . This was an autobiographical handbook: part confessional and part self-help manual.
这是一本自传体手册：部分是自白，部分是自救手册。

5 . All of these men, institutions, and movements have strong confessional convictions held simultaneously with broad sympathies.
所有这些人、教会和运动都有强烈的认信，同时有广泛的包容。