| 单词 | confide |
| 释义 | confide (once / 316 pages) v To confide in someone is to tell them something privately. We confide in people we trust. We all have secrets and subjects that are hard to talk about. When we want to talk about something sensitive, we look for someone to confide in: a person we trust not to blab about our business to the rest of the world. Most people confide in close friends or family, often to get advice. If you tell someone a secret, and then they tell ten of their friends, you made a mistake by confiding in that person. WORD FAMILYconfide: confidant, confided, confides, confiding+/confidant: confidants/confiding: confidingly USAGE EXAMPLESBut another situation is an outright emergency — a man who confides that he is being abused by his wife — and he needs help fast. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) She confided in some friends, and kept quiet to others. Washington Times(Dec 19, 2016) "A lady over here says your movies don't do you justice," a waitress confided. Los Angeles Times(Mar 11, 1990) 1v reveal in private; tell confidentially Hypo|Hyper relieve, unbosom relieve oneself of troubling information break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret 2v confer a trust upon Syn|Hypo|Hyper commit, entrust, intrust, trust commend give to in charge charge, consigngive over to another for care or safekeeping recommitcommit again obligatecommit in order to fulfill an obligation pledgegive as a guarantee hock, pawn, soakleave as a guarantee in return for money checkhand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping checkconsign for shipment on a vehicle give, hand, pass, pass on, reach, turn over place into the hands or custody of |
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