单词 | confidence |
释义 | 🔑 con·fi·denceBrE /ˈkɒnfɪdəns/ NAmE /ˈkɑːnfɪdəns/ noun ➤ belief in others 对他人的信心🔑 [U ]~ (in sb /sth )the feeling that you can trust , believe in and be sure about the abilities or good qualities of sb /sth 信心;信任;信赖◆ 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。 ➡ see also vote of confidence, vote of no confidence➤ belief in yourself 对自己的信心🔑 [U ]a belief in your own ability to do things and be successful 自信心;把握◆ He answered the questions with confidence . 他自信地回答了那些问题。◆ 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。➤ feeling certain 感到有把握🔑 [U ]the feeling that you are certain about sth 把握;肯定◆ 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。➤ trust 信任[U ]a feeling of trust that sb will keep information private (对某人会保守秘密的)信任,信赖◆ 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。➤ a secret 秘密[C ](formal ) a secret that you tell sb (向某人透露的)秘密,机密◆ 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,我绝不会原谅他。 ● be in sb's confidence to be trusted with sb's secrets 受某人信任;是某人的心腹◆ He is said to be very much in the President's confidence . 据说他深受总统的信任。● take sb into your confidence to tell sb secrets and personal information about yourself 向某人吐露内心秘密(或隐私)◆ 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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