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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

confidence ['kɔnfɪdns]
  1. 1. noun [u] (faith) 信赖
  2. 2. noun [u] (self-assurance) 自信
  3. 3. noun [c] (secret) 秘密
    to have (every) confidence in sb/sth
    某人/某事(很)有信心
    to have (every) confidence that...
    对...(很)有信心
    to take sb into one's confidence
    某人作为知心人
    in confidence
    [speak, say, write etc+] 秘密地

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

confidence [ 'kɑnfədəns] [ 'kɔnfɪdəns]
  1. 1. noun 信任信赖
  2. 2. noun 把握确信必然性确实性
  3. 3. noun 自信,(满怀信心
  4. 4. noun 密友关系;知心人
    Take me into your confidence.
    把我当作你的知心人吧。
  5. 5. noun 秘密告知事情,(向知心人)吐露秘密私房话
    told in strict confidence
    绝对保密情况告知(某人)
  6. 6. noun [rarely used] 可信赖的东西可信根据
  7. 7. adjective [American English] 诈取的,骗得信任的;用作欺诈

Collins English-English Dictionary

confidence ['kɑnfɪdəns]
  1. 1. n a feeling of trust in a person or thing
    I have confidence in his abilities
  2. 2. n belief in one's own abilities; self-assurance
  3. 3. n trust or a trustful relationship
    take me into your confidence
  4. 4. n something confided or entrusted; secret

Examples

to breathe confidence
显示出信心 breathe
to have complete confidence in someone
完全信赖某人 complete
Take me into your confidence.
把我当作你的知心人吧。 confidence
told in strict confidence
在绝对保密的情况下告知(某人) confidence
entire confidence
完全信任 entire
to ooze confidence
显出一副充满信心的样子 ooze
to shed confidence
使别人增强(对…的)信心 shed
enter with confidence
满怀信心地走进来 with
Despite of her beauty, she lacks self-confidence.
她虽然很漂亮,但是缺乏自信。 lack
After he failed the exam, his confidence was totally destroyed.
没有通过这次考试,他彻底失去了信心。 destroy

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