confidence
- n.信心;信任，信赖;信任;自信心;信赖;把握;肯定;秘密;（向某人透露的）秘密，机密
- adj.骗得信任的
复数： confidences
con- 表强调 + fid 信任;信念 + -ence 性质;状态
confidencenoun
对他人的信心 belief in others
信心；信任；信赖
the feeling that you can trust, believe in and be sure about the abilities or good qualities of sb/sth
The players all have confidence in their manager.
队员都信赖他们的教练。
A fall in unemployment will help to restore consumer confidence.
失业人数的下降会有助于恢复消费者的信心。
a lack of confidence in the government
对政府缺乏信任
The new contracts have undermined the confidence of employees.
新的合同动摇了雇员们的信心。
She has every confidence in her students' abilities.
她完全相信她学生的能力。
对自己的信心 belief in yourself
自信心；把握
a belief in your own ability to do things and be successful
He answered the questions with confidence .
他有把握地回答了那些问题。
People often lose confidence when they are criticized.
人受到批评时经常会失去信心。
He gained confidence when he went to college.
他上大学后增强了自信。
She suffers from a lack of confidence .
她深受缺乏自信心之苦。
While girls lack confidence , boys often overestimate their abilities.
女孩通常缺乏自信，而男孩则往往会高估自己的能力。
I didn't have any confidence in myself at school.
我在学校时对自己毫无信心。
感到有把握 feeling certain
把握；肯定
the feeling that you are certain about sth
They could not say with confidence that he would be able to walk again after the accident.
他们不能肯定他经过那场事故后还能行走。
He expressed his confidence that they would win.
他表示了自己的信心：他们必定取胜。
信任 trust
（对某人会保守秘密的）信任，信赖
a feeling of trust that sb will keep information private
Eva told me about their relationship in confidence .
伊娃对我透露了他们俩的关系这个秘密。
This is in the strictest confidence .
这事切勿外传。
It took a long time to gain her confidence (= make her feel she could trust me) .
我花了很长的时间才赢得她的信任。
秘密 a secret
（向某人透露的）秘密，机密
a secret that you tell sb
The girls exchanged confidences.
女孩子们相互吐露自己的心事。
I could never forgive Mike for betraying a confidence.
迈克泄露了秘密，我决不会饶恕他。
to be trusted with sb's secrets
据说他深受总统的信任。
He is said to be very much in the President's confidence.
to tell sb secrets and personal information about yourself
她把我当成知己，把她面临的种种难题都向我和盘托出。
She took me into her confidence and told me about the problems she was facing.
confidence
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N-UNCOUNT 信任;信赖
If you have confidence in someone, you feel that you can trust them.I have every confidence in you...
我完全相信你。
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N-UNCOUNT 自信;信心
If you have confidence, you feel sure about your abilities, qualities, or ideas.The band is on excellent form and brimming with confidence...
这支乐队状态极佳，自信满满。
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N-UNCOUNT 肯定;把握
If you can say something with confidence, you feel certain it is correct.I can say with confidence that such rumors were totally groundless.
我可以肯定地说这样的谣言完全没有根据。
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N-UNCOUNT 私下;秘密
If you tell someone something in confidence, you tell them a secret.We told you all these things in confidence...
我们告诉你的这些事都需要保密。
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N-COUNT 秘密;知心话
A confidence is a secret that you tell someone.Gregory shared confidences with Carmen.
格雷戈里和卡门说了知心话。
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See also:vote of no confidence
noun
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- freedom from doubt;belief in yourself and your abilities
- his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular
- after that failure he lost his confidence
- she spoke with authority
- Synonym: assurance self-assurance self-confidence authority sureness
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- a secret that is confided or entrusted to another
- everyone trusted him with their confidences
- the priest could not reveal her confidences
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- a feeling of trust (in someone or something)
- I have confidence in our team
- confidence is always borrowed, never owned
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- a trustful relationship
- he took me into his confidence
- he betrayed their trust
- Synonym: trust
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- a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable
- public confidence in the economy
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Within weeks , his confidence had spread throughout the team .
短短几个星期，他的信心感染了全体队员。
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The measures are intended to restore public confidence in the economy .
这些举措旨在恢复公众对经济的信心。
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It took a long time to gain her confidence .
我花了很长的时间才赢得她的信任。
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She has every confidence in her students ' abilities .
她完全相信她学生的能力。
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To succeed in show business , you need buckets of confidence .
要想在演艺界干出名堂，就得有十足的信心。
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He expressed his confidence that they would win .
他表示了自己的信心：他们必定取胜。
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A fall in unemployment will help to restore consumer confidence .
失业人数的下降会有助于恢复消费者的信心。
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Business confidence is on the up .
商业信心有增强趋势。
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There was an air of confidence in the England camp .
英格兰队阵营中信心十足。
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The party was suffering a crisis of confidence among its supporters .
当时这个政党在其支持者中正遭受信任危机。
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People often lose confidence when they are criticized .
人受到批评时经常会失去信心。
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Her confidence grew with the passage of time .
她的信心与日俱增。
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Her work didn 't exactly inspire me with confidence .
她的工作并没有真正地使我产生信心。
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Eva told me about their relationship in confidence .
伊娃对我透露了他们俩的关系这个秘密。
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Corruption corrodes public confidence in a political system .
腐败可削弱公众对政治制度的信心。
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She took me into her confidence and told me about the problems she was facing .
她把我当成知己，把她面临的种种难题都向我和盘托出。
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While girls lack confidence , boys often overestimate their abilities .
女孩通常缺乏自信，而男孩则往往会高估自己的能力。
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The players all have confidence in their manager .
队员都信赖他们的教练。
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The movement actively empowered women and gave them confidence in themselves .
这场运动使妇女更能主动掌握自己的命运，对自己充满信心。
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I have every confidence that this decision will be fully vindicated .
我完全相信这一决定的正确性将得到充分证明。
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This announcement is bound to shake the confidence of the industry .
这个声明必将动摇这一行业的信心。
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Tax cuts will boost consumer confidence after the recession .
减税将增强消费者在经济衰退后的信心。
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He lost confidence and backed out of the deal at the last minute .
他失去了信心，在最后一刻退出了协议。
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They could not say with confidence that he would be able to walk again after the accident .
他们不能肯定他经过那场事故后还能行走。
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It seemed that nothing could dent his confidence .
似乎任何事情都不会使他的信心受挫。
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Years of failure have sapped him of his confidence .
连年失败使他逐渐丧失了自信。
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The team were brimming with confidence before the game .
该队在赛前信心十足。
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As she grew older she gained in confidence .
随着年龄的增长她的信心增强了。
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I could never forgive Mike for betraying a confidence .
迈克泄露了秘密，我决不会饶恕他。
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He answered the questions with confidence .
他有把握地回答了那些问题。
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