1、end up

(通常指意外地)最終到達(dá)

The result was that the engine ended up at the bottom of the canal.

結(jié)果引擎最終沉到了運(yùn)河底。

She fled with her children, moving from neighbour to neighbour and ending up in a friend's cellar.

她帶著孩子逃亡，從一個(gè)鄰居家跑到另一個(gè)鄰居家，最后逃到了一個(gè)朋友的地下室。

最終；結(jié)果；到頭來(lái)

If you don't know what you want, you might end up getting something you don't want.

如果你不知道自己想要什么，到頭來(lái)你可能得非所愿。

Every time they went dancing they ended up in a bad mood.

每次他們?nèi)ヌ瑁紩?huì)不歡而散。

2、confess

承認(rèn)，供認(rèn)，坦白(自己做錯(cuò)的事)

He had confessed to seventeen murders.

他供認(rèn)了17起謀殺案。

Her husband confessed to having had an affair.

她丈夫承認(rèn)有過(guò)外遇。

(向上帝或神甫)懺悔，告解(罪過(guò))

You just go to the church and confess your sins.

你干脆去教堂懺悔自己的罪過(guò)吧。

Once we have confessed our failures and mistakes to God, we should stop feeling guilty.

一旦我們向上帝告明了自己的過(guò)失和錯(cuò)誤，就不該再覺(jué)得內(nèi)疚。

我承認(rèn)，我必須承認(rèn)(用來(lái)對(duì)自己的過(guò)失等略表歉意)

I confess it's got me baffled.

我承認(rèn)這把我難倒了。

I must confess I'm not a great enthusiast for long political programmes.

我必須承認(rèn)自己對(duì)時(shí)間很長(zhǎng)的政治節(jié)目不是很熱衷。