英 [ˌself kənˈfest] 美 [ˌself kənˈfest]
adj. 自己承认的，自动坦白的，公开承认的
self-confessed //
形容词 If you describe someone as a self-confessed murderer or a self-confessed romantic, for example, you mean that they admit openly that they are a murderer or a romantic. 不打自招的; 公开承认的
The self-confessed drug addict was arrested 13 months ago.
那个招认自己是瘾君子的人13个月前被抓起来了。
owned up to
a self-confessed plagiarist
... self-condemned 自责的 self-confessed 自认的 self-confident 有自信（confidence）的 ...
... iconic 偶像的 self-confessed 自认的;自供的 vegan 素食者 ...
公开承认的
The self-confessed drug addict was arrested 13 months ago.
那个招认自己是瘾君子的人13个月前被抓起来了。
At a news conference, a lawyer for the police said the self-confessed gunman's demeanour hadn't changed.
在新闻发布会上，警方的代表律师称，这名自首的枪手的行为并没有改变。
He was awarded a second Pulitzer in 1979 for The Executioner's Song, the true story of self-confessed murderer Gary Gilmore.
在1979年，他因《刽子手之歌》再次获得普利策奖，该小说讲述了凶手盖雷•吉尔摩的真实故事。
It was here that Suzanne Holmquist, herself a self-confessed Bogart and Hepburn buff recognized the boat.
One self-confessed kidnapper now runs the security services in one of Yemen's 17 provinces.
Head of Microsoft's Envisoneers team and self-confessed "social media luvvie", Dave Coplin, is not impressed.