一、詳細(xì)釋義:


n.

自信,信心


例句:

Toby's confidence heartens his friends.

托比的自信使他的朋友精神大振。


例句:

He was always amazed by her confidence.

他常常對(duì)她的自信驚嘆不已。


例句:

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

技能和信心是無(wú)敵的軍隊(duì)。


信賴,信任


例句:

We could repose confidence in his honesty.

我們可以信賴他的誠(chéng)實(shí)。


例句:

He proved himself worthy of confidence.

他的表現(xiàn)說(shuō)明他值得信賴。


密友,知心人


例句:

He takes Penny into his confidence.

他把佩妮當(dāng)做知心人。


例句:

His music seems to take us into his confidence and show us the secret places of his heart.

他的音樂(lè)好像是把我們當(dāng)作他的知心人,向我們展示他內(nèi)心的奧秘。


私下;秘密,知心話


例句:

The old friends exchanged confidences.

老朋友們談了不少知心話。


例句:

The girls exchanged confidences about their boyfriends.

女孩們互訴有關(guān)她們男朋友的秘密。


肯定,把握


例句:

Don't meet the risk with brash confidence.

別魯莽而大膽地去冒險(xiǎn)。


二、詞義辨析:


belief,faith,confidence,conviction,credit,trust

這些名詞都有“相信,信任”之意。 belief普通用詞,指單純從主觀上的相信,不著重這種相信是否有根據(jù)。 faith語(yǔ)氣較強(qiáng),強(qiáng)調(diào)完全相信;有時(shí)也能僅憑感覺產(chǎn)生的相信。 confidence指對(duì)某人某事有充分信心,斷定不會(huì)使人失望,因而給予信任。 conviction多指根據(jù)長(zhǎng)期交往或?qū)嵺`,對(duì)某人某事有了認(rèn)識(shí)和了解后產(chǎn)生的信心和相信,側(cè)重其堅(jiān)定性。 credit語(yǔ)氣最弱,著重以聲譽(yù)為信任的基礎(chǔ)。 trust強(qiáng)調(diào)相信、信任的完全可靠。


三、相關(guān)短語(yǔ):


vote of confidence

信任投票,贊同


with confidence

充滿信心地


confidence game

n. (=confidence trick)(獲得對(duì)方信任而后的)欺騙


confidence man

n. 騙子, 詐欺者


confidence trick

n. 騙局, 欺詐


四、參考例句:


They still lacked confidence .

他們信心還不足。


Confidence is transferrable.

自信是可以轉(zhuǎn)換的。


He lacks confidence in himself.

他缺少自信。


She exuded confidence and energy.

她顯得信心十足,精力充沛。


She built up my confidence.

她樹立了我的信心。


I have confidence in myself.

我對(duì)自己有信心。


Over confidence was his destruction.

自負(fù)是他垮臺(tái)的原因。


Little gestures can give?confidence.

細(xì)小的表示能使人增強(qiáng)信心。


Confidence can create a miracle.

自信能創(chuàng)造奇跡。


I have great confidence in my brother.

我很信任我的哥哥。