confidence
noun
ˈkɒnfɪədəns noun
1
FEELING SB/STH IS GOOD
认为某人/某物好
the feeling that you can trust someone or something to be good, work well, or produce good results 信心，信任，信赖 U
2
BELIEF IN YOURSELF
自信
the belief that you have the ability to do things well or deal with situations successfully 自信，信心 U
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Minton is an outstanding boxer, with tremendous confidence in his own ability.
明顿是一位出色的拳击手，他对自己的实力非常自信。
I didn’t have any confidence in myself.
我对自己一点信心也没有。
lack confidence/be lacking in confidence
She’s a good student, but she lacks confidence.
她是个好学生，但缺乏自信。
Living on her own in a foreign country for a year gave her a lot of confidence .
独自在国外生活一年给了她很大的自信。
confidence to do sth
Good training will give a beginner the confidence to enjoy skiing.
良好的训练会给初学者带来享受滑雪乐趣的自信心。
gain (in) /lose confidence
You do lose confidence when you spend years and years at home with children.
年复一年呆在家里带孩子，你肯定会失去自信。
sb’s confidence is growing/sb is growing in confidence
I felt I was doing well and my confidence began to grow.
我觉得自己干得不错，自信心就开始增加了。
boost/increase etc sb’s confidence
shake/damage etc sb’s confidence (make someone feel less confident) 动摇/损害某人的自信心
Julie’s confidence was badly shaken by her car accident.
车祸极大地动摇了朱莉的自信心。
with confidence
Our goal is to prepare students to go into the business world with confidence.
我们的目标是让学生做好准备，满怀信心地进入商界。
3
FEELING STH IS TRUE
感觉某事确实
the feeling that something is definite or true 确信，坚信，笃信 U
say/speak/predict etc with confidence
How can anyone say with confidence that the recession is over?
有谁能够有把握地说萧条已经结束？
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I have complete confidence in Mr Wright’s analysis of the situation.
我完全相信赖特先生对形势的分析。
have confidence (that)
I have every confidence that the job will be completed satisfactorily on time.
我有充分的信心，这项工作能够令人满意地按时完成。
4
gain/win/earn sb’s confidence
if you gain someone’s confidence, they begin to trust you 赢得某人的信任
The new director began to win the confidence of the villagers.
这位新局长开始赢得了村民们的信任。
5
KEEP INFORMATION SECRET
对信息保密
if you tell someone something in confidence, you tell them something on the understanding that they will not tell anyone else 秘密，机密; U
in confidence
I’ll tell you about Moira – in confidence, of course.
我把莫伊拉的事告诉你吧，当然这是秘密的。
in strict/the strictest confidence
Any information given during the interview will be treated in the strictest confidence .
面试时提供的任何资料都将绝对保密。
breach of confidence (when someone tells someone something that they were told in confidence) 泄密
Lawyers are satisfied that no breach of confidence took place.
律师很高兴事情没有泄密。
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take sb into your confidence
to tell someone your secrets or private or personal details about your life 将秘密告诉某人
Elsa took me into her confidence and told me about some of the problems she was facing.
埃尔莎向我吐露心事，跟我说了她面临的一些问题。
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A SECRET
秘密
a secret or a piece of information that is private or personal 知心话; 秘密 C
share/exchange confidences
They spent their evenings drinking wine and sharing confidences.
晚上他们都是以喝喝酒、说说知心话打发的。
I have never betrayed a confidence .
我从未泄露过别人的秘密。