n.
- 自信,信心,把握[U][(+in)][+to-v][+that]
He lacks
confidence in himself.
他缺少自信。
- 信赖,信任[U][(+in)]
We have
confidence in the mayor.
我们信任这位市长。
- (向知心人吐露的)秘密,私房话[C]
- 大胆;过于自信;狂妄[U]
短语
be in sb.'s confidence
- 受某人信任
You
're always
in my confidence.
我永远信任你。
in confidence
- 秘密地
I'm telling you this
in strict
confidence.
这件事我只告诉你。
take sb. into one's confidence
- 把某人视为心腹
We should not
take him into our confidence.
我们不能把他作为心腹。
辨析
n.
- the belief that one can have faith in or rely on someone or something.
▸a positive feeling arising from an appreciation of one's own abilities; self-assurance.
- the telling of private matters or secrets with mutual trust.
▸a secret or private matter told to someone under a condition of trust.
Phrase
- in someone's confidence
in a position of trust with someone. - take someone into one's confidence
tell someone one's secrets.
Etymology
ME: from L. confidentia, from confidere (see confident).