1confidence (in sb/sth) trust or strong belief in sb/sth (对某人、某事的)信心,信任:
The public is losing confidence in the present government.公众对现政府渐渐失去信心。I have every confidence in Emily's ability to do the job.我对埃米莉完成这项工作的能力绝对有信心。
2 the feeling that you are sure about your own abilities, opinion, etc 自信;信心:
I didn't have the confidence to tell her I thought she was wrong.我没有足够的自信告诉她我认为她错了。to be full of confidence充满信心‘Of course we will win,’ the team captain said with confidence.队长信心十足地说﹕“我们一定会赢。”☞Look at self-confidence. 参看self-confidence。
3 a feeling of trust in sb to keep sth a secret 信任关系;对对方保守秘密的确信:
The information was given to me in strict confidence.这资料是人家极其信任地交给我的。It took a while to win/gain her confidence.花了一些时间才赢得她的信任。
confidence/ˋkɑnfədəns; ˈkɒnfəd$ns or ˈkɒnfId$ns/n 1 [U] the feeling that you can trust someone or something to be good or successful 信任﹐信赖﹐信心: +in The survey reveals a lack of confidence in the police. 此次调查显示了公众对警方缺乏信任。Most parents have total confidence in the school. 大部分家长完全信赖学校。a bid to restore confidence in the government 给政府挽回信任的努力public/business/consumer confidence 公众/企业/消费者信心2 [U] belief in your ability to do things well or be liked by people 信心﹐自信: +in I didn’t have any confidence in myself. 我对自己一点信心也没有。My lack of confidence showed. 我的自信不足表现了出来。The team is full of confidence . 这支球队信心十足。confidence to do sth I wouldn’t have the confidence to wear that. 我不敢穿那样的衣服。Doing the course has given me a lot of confidence . 上这门课给了我很大的自信。with confidence It's important that children learn to read with confidence. 小孩子学会有自信地阅读很重要。see box at见 CONFIDENT 方框3 gain/win/earn sb's confidence if you gain someone's confidence, they start to trust you 赢得某人的信任4 in confidence if you say something in confidence, you tell someone something and trust them not to tell anyone else〔说话〕私下地﹐秘密地5 [C] a secret or some personal and secret information 秘密﹔隐私: We spent the evening talking and sharing confidences . 我们一个晚上都在说知心话。
confidenceconfidenceconfidencesnoun (no plural)the feeling that you can do something well: She answered the questions with confidence. I'm sure you'll pass the exam. I have great confidence in you.in confidenceIf somebody tells you something in confidence, it is a secret.