| 单词 | confidence |
| 释义 | confidence (once / 67 pages) n The noun confidence means "a feeling of trust and firm belief in yourself or others." A person who walks into a room, smiling at everyone and not at all nervous about the speech she's about to give? She has confidence. Confidence comes from the Middle French word of the same spelling, which means "firmly trusting, bold." You can have confidence in yourself, another person, your country, even your rain boots — what you put your confidence in will not let you down. Confidence can also mean "in secret," like when your neighbor tells you in confidence that he and his family are thinking of moving away — he doesn't want others to know. WORD FAMILYconfidence: confidences, confidential, self-confidence+/confident: confidence, confidenter, confidently, overconfident, self-confident/confidential: confidentiality, confidentially/overconfident: overconfidence, overconfidently USAGE EXAMPLESBut she seemed to find some form and confidence in the third game which included a booming winner from a crosscourt forehand. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) But Del Rio sees no reason for Oakland’s confidence to be shattered despite the loss of Carr and the lopsided defeat. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Taylor said it’s “fair to say” the decision indicates a loss of confidence in him. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities after that failure he lost his confidence Syn|Hyper assurance, authority, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness certainty the state of being certain 2n a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable public confidence in the economy Hyper hopefulness full of hope 3n a feeling of trust (in someone or something) I have confidence in our team confidence is always borrowed, never owned Ant|Hyper diffidence, self-distrust, self-doubt lack of self-confidence security freedom from anxiety or fear 4n a trustful relationship he took me into his confidence Syn|Hyper trust friendly relationship, friendship the state of being friends (or friendly) 5n a secret that is confided or entrusted to another everyone trusted him with their confidences the priest could not reveal her confidences Hyper secret something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on) |
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