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。