confess
1.confess可以把crime, debt, fault, guilt, secret, sin等词做宾语。这些词都指显然不利于自己的东西。假使那东西并不是显然不利于自己,那末习惯上在confess后面加上to。例如:I confess to my inability to understand it和He confessed to a slight acquaintance with the barber用了crime, debt等而用to的也有,但不很普通。
2.confess后面通常接to和动名词,不接不定式,如通常说I confess to loving her和He confessed to having seen me before。很少说I confess to love her或He confessed to have seen me before。