make a clean breast of

英 [meɪk ə kliːn brest ɒv]

美 [meɪk ə kliːn brest əv]

坦白; 如实承认

法律

英英释义

verb

• admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error
  1. the writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting
  Synonym:own upfess up

双语例句

• After Larry's wife found the woman's underwear in their bedroom, Larry decided to make a clean breast of it and tell his wife about the affair.
  得知妻子已经在卧室里发现了另一个女人的内衣，拉里就决定全部招供，向妻子供认了自己和那个女人的事。
• You ought to make a clean breast of the whole matter.
  你最好把整个事件和盘托出。
• I've decided to make a clean breast of it and tell you exactly what happened that night.
  我决定把这事坦白清楚，确切告你那天夜里发生了什么。
• The police urged the criminal to make a clean breast of everything.
  警察督促犯人坦白说出一切。
• AN: Keep a level head, make a clean breast of the lie and you'll feel released.
  保持镇定，对说过的谎话忏悔一下，你会感到轻松的。
• His guilty conscience forced him to make a clean breast of everything.
  他的内疚使得他把一切和盘托出。
• Wouldn't it be better to make a clean breast of it?
  把它和盘托出岂不是更好？
• This is just why you need to make a clean breast of your income and expenses while making an application.
  这是为什么你要和盘托出你的收入和支出，而提出申请。
• It was then, he said, that he had decided to make a clean breast of matters.
  就在那一刻，他就决定坦白自己的罪行。
• Did the murderer make a clean Breast of his crime?
  凶手供认/坦白了他的罪行吗？