n.
- 自信，信心，把握[U][（+in）][+to-v][+that]
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He lacks
confidence in himself.
他缺少自信。
- 信賴，信任[U][（+in）]
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We have
confidence in the mayor.
我們信任這位市長。
- （向知心人吐露的）祕密，私房話[C]
- 大膽；過於自信；狂妄[U]
片語
be in sb.'s confidence
- 受某人信任
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You
're always
in my confidence.
我永遠信任你。
in confidence
- 祕密地
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I'm telling you this
in strict
confidence.
這件事我只告訴你。
take sb. into one's confidence
- 把某人視為心腹
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We should not
take him into our confidence.
我們不能把他作為心腹。
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).
