| 单词 | confident |
| 释义 | confident (kɒnfɪdənt ) 1. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE, oft ADJECTIVE that] B2 If you are confident about something, you are certain that it will happen in the way you want it to. I am confident that everything will come out right in time. Mr Ryan is confident of success. [+ of] Management is confident about the way business is progressing. [+ about] Synonyms: certain, sure, convinced, positive confidently adverb [ADVERB with verb] B2 I can confidently promise that this year is going to be very different. 2. adjective B1+ If a person or their manner is confident, they feel sure about their own abilities, qualities, or ideas. In time he became more confident and relaxed. She is a confident woman who is certain of her views. Synonyms: self-assured, positive, assured, bold confidently adverb [usually ADVERB with verb] B1+ She walked confidently across the hall. 3. adjective [oft ADJECTIVE that] B2 If you are confident that something is true, you are sure that it is true. A confident statement is one that the speaker is sure is true. She is confident that everybody is on her side. 'Bet you I can,' comes the confident reply. confidently adverb [ADVERB with verb] B2 We can confidently say we've found a new species. Collocations: confident demeanour His calm, confident demeanour makes him seem an artist who has been around for decades. The Sun You're feeling much more positive about all aspects of the future now and it comes across in your actions and confident demeanour. The Sun You know what to say and how to say it and your confident demeanour convinces others it would be wise to do your bidding. The Sun His confident demeanour was refreshing and made the most saves of any goalkeeper in the tournament with nineteen. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Horror stories abound of people who have lost tens of thousands in stock-market crashes, enough to scare the most confident investors. Times, Sunday Times However, it could be a really great hybrid service for many less confident investors. Times, Sunday Times Such bonds could be worth considering by more confident investors who are financially aware and understand what they are getting into, or investors who are advised by a professional. Times, Sunday Times Every other asset class, including bonds and property, by contrast, showed net outflows as newly confident investors sought higher returns. Times, Sunday Times Plus you are smart enough to wear a confident smile. The Sun At work, it's time to put experience to the test - and a quiet, confident smile helps. The Sun He has just started flashing his confident smile when a security guard intervenes. Globe and Mail A forlorn look replaces her confident smile. Times, Sunday Times None of us would be here if they weren't, he says with a confident smile. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But it couldn't have gone worse for him and now the confident swagger has been replaced by frustration and self-doubt. The Sun It was the casual professionalism and confident swagger that really threw me. Times, Sunday Times The awkwardness of the past few years has slowly been replaced by a confident swagger, a muchneeded sense of purpose and self-belief. Times, Sunday Times It could literally be putting a big smile on your face and trying to adopt an authoritative, confident tone. Times, Sunday Times Nature was no longer mysterious, the regularity and comprehensibility of her laws pronounced that the universe ran like clockwork and set the confident tone of the age. Times, Sunday Times I like the soothing, confident tones of its pilots. Times, Sunday Times I'm not entirely confident they will arrive at all. The Times Literary Supplement Only when all your questions have been answered and you feel entirely confident should you even think about investing in a new behind. Times, Sunday Times He appears entirely confident that he will do. Times, Sunday Times It cannot, however, be entirely confident of that outcome. Times, Sunday Times Its rattled investors aren't entirely confident, however, as the 11 per cent slide in its shares yesterday testifies. Times, Sunday Times However, we want everyone to be fully confident that they are admitted purely on their merits and potential. Times, Sunday Times To be fully confident in the explanation offered by the player and the pharmacy, more evidence was surely needed. Times,Sunday Times We are fully confident the top players in the northern hemisphere, through the contractual commitments that everyone has signed up to, would all be available. Times,Sunday Times I'm not fully confident of that. Times,Sunday Times I feel fully confident in my abilities. Times, Sunday Times High income earners were highly confident about their financial prospects. Mail and Guardian It was a highly confident, supremely assertive start, aided by some of the worst defending you will see at this level. Times, Sunday Times They quickly formed stable, positive impressions of the good stranger and were highly confident of their impressions. Times, Sunday Times We do remain highly confident in our stated position. Globe and Mail It remains highly confident about dolutegravir. Times, Sunday Times Most are hoping to open next weekend but are not overly confident. Times, Sunday Times I chose a surgeon who wasn't overly confident. Times, Sunday Times She said she was not an 'overly confident' person, and that she had feared being overlooked on the show amid larger personalities. The Sun Within the university there were jagged social divisions between overly confident dinner-jacketed students who had gone to private school and their chippier stateeducated counterparts. Times, Sunday Times That's not being overly confident. Times, Sunday Times I'm felling pretty confident again, carrying well, tackling well, and the lineout's running well so things are good for me at the minute. The Sun You've got to be pretty confident to pull that off. The Sun You would have to be pretty confident to use this, though, since a simple mistake could cost you. Times, Sunday Times Any man who goes about his daily business looking like this must be pretty confident he's in good shape. The Sun I was pretty confident about the whole thing because no wrongdoing had been done. The Sun His nonchalant and quietly confident manner takes on a harder edge only when he talks about competing. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Your quietly confident attitude to love gets the hottest reaction from a partner. The Sun (2011) Ffos Las hold a precautionary inspection this morning but last night officials were quietly confident of racing going ahead. The Sun (2009) Yet the world's most expensive footballer was always quietly confident he would have the last laugh. The Sun (2016) We are quietly confident as a group of players. The Sun (2013) No - not if you're reasonably confident on skis or snowboard, and fancy a turn in the wilderness. Times, Sunday Times Only he can be reasonably confident of playing at the weekend. Times, Sunday Times I think we can be reasonably confident that this won't. Times, Sunday Times With access to hundreds of cars through his clamping firm, he was able to prowl the streets, reasonably confident that he could evade detection. Times, Sunday Times He refused to detail the exact grounds of the appeal but said he was 'reasonably confident' about winning. Times, Sunday Times You do have to be socially confident though, don't you? Times, Sunday Times Socially confident and good-looking, she was his armour. Times, Sunday Times Nevertheless, his directness and socially confident nature singled him out for command. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I tell her she always seems supremely confident. The Sun Looking acclimatised and supremely confident yesterday, he ultimately strode to a 13th win in 14 meetings with his tall and powerful opponent. Times, Sunday Times I used to be supremely confident in my ability to score from the spot. The Sun He was supremely confident, brazenly all-knowing, right about everything. Times, Sunday Times Supremely confident, he rarely faces the audience head on. Times, Sunday Times He sweeps everything up and, as a defender, you can be totally confident giving the ball back to him. The Sun I feel totally confident for the first time in years. The Sun Neither of you was totally confident in each other. The Sun But after the first goal we looked totally confident. The Sun And the menu was like a big-city menu, too: totally confident, relaxed, eclectic and enticing. Times, Sunday Times They were utterly confident that their memory of 9/11 was correct. Times, Sunday Times Or at least, he must be utterly confident in himself, able to take risks when necessary and to play safe when necessary. Times, Sunday Times It seemed so from his muscular, utterly confident playing. Times, Sunday Times He was powerful, fast, had a good pass, a fantastic sidestep off both feet and utterly confident. Times, Sunday Times They need to be utterly confident about the way they look. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 确信的 Japanese: 確信して |
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