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单词 confidant
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confidant
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒn.fɪ.dænt/us
/ˈkɑːn.fə.dænt/
(femalealsoconfidante)
apersonyoutrustandshareyourfeelingsandsecretswith:
知心朋友，知己，密友
acloseconfidant亲密知己
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intimatenounformal
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
a person you know well and like
  • friendWe've been friends for years.
  • buddyHe's one of my dad's old war buddies.
  • palThe heartthrob was spotted hanging with his Hollywood pals in L.A.
  • mateUKHe's out with his mates.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Friends, acquaintances & contemporaries
  • a friend in need is a friend indeedidiom
  • acquaintance
  • acquaintanceship
  • acquainted
  • amigo
  • bedmate
  • compatriot
  • comrade
  • crony
  • fair-weather friend
  • fam
  • flatmate
  • friendless
  • intimate
  • neighbour
  • pal
  • peeps
  • peer group
  • pen pal
  • penfriend
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(Definition ofconfidantfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

confidant| American Dictionary

confidant
noun[C]
us
/ˈkɑn·fəˌdænt,-ˌdɑnt/
apersonwith whom you canshareyourfeelingsandsecrets:
Herbrotheris herclosestconfidant.
(Definition ofconfidantfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconfidant

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These dimensions included spouse problems, spouse support, relative problems, relative support, friend problems, friend support, confidants and social integration.
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As a measure of social support, respondents were asked if they had someone with whom they could share a very personal problem (aconfidant).
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Like many songs of this popular genre, its text treats the clavichord as aconfidantfor the poet's sorrows.
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Almost all had aconfidant(94.8%), and most considered their neighbours helpful (78.5%).
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Males, have fewer confidants overall and it is less likely that male twins share the same confidants.
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For relative support genetic factors were detected in females but not males, while for confidants, the shared environment was important in females but not males.
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It may help to talk to someone, but who should be theconfidant?
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The findings on confidants show the overwhelming importance of close family members when available.
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Even greater differentials were found for support with personal problems and having aconfidant.
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These last associations were independent of the other included factors such as marital status and the presence of aconfidant.
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The respondents were asked to identify theconfidant(s).
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Older persons who declared social support from confidants or neighbours were more helpful to their own household.
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Quantitative gender differences were found for relative support and confidants.
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It is also the place where emotions and inner thoughts can be shared and affective andconfidantsupport is found.
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She remained a ' sort ofconfidantto the nieces and nephews ' and was in regular telephone contact.
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