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单词 confidence
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confidence
noun
uk
/ˈkɒn.fɪ.dəns/us
/ˈkɑːn.fə.dəns/

confidencenoun(CERTAINTY)

B2[U]
thequalityof beingcertainofyourabilitiesor of havingtrustinpeople,plans, or thefuture:
自信；信心，把握；信赖，信任
[+ to infinitive]He has the confidence towalkinto aroomofstrangersandimmediatelystartaconversation.他有信心步入一间满是陌生人的房间并马上和人搭上话。
She'scompletelylackingin confidence.她一点儿也不自信。
Ihave every/completeconfidenceinher. She'll beperfectfor thejob.我对她信心十足，她完全能胜任这项工作。
[+ that]I don'tshareyourconfidencethatthemarketwillimprovenextyear.对于明年市场会好转我可没有你那么有信心。
More examples
  • She'scertainlygained(in) confidence over the lastcoupleofyears.
  • After sixdefeatsin arow, the team's confidence has beenbadlyshaken.
  • Thegovernmentistryingtorestorepublicconfidence initsmanagementof theeconomy.
  • Passing mydrivingtestwas such aboostto my confidence.
  • I don't have much confidence in him after hisbehaviourinrecentmonths.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Confidence & self-assurance
  • amour propre
  • aplomb
  • assertive
  • assertively
  • assertiveness
  • dogmatic
  • dogmatically
  • dogmatism
  • dogmatist
  • empowered
  • rakish
  • rakishly
  • rakishness
  • safe
  • safety blanket
  • surely
  • swag
  • swash
  • tall
  • to be sureidiom
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confidencenoun(SECRET)

[C]
asecretthat youtellsomeone:
秘密；知心话
Theytalkedendlessly,exchangingconfidences.他们聊个不停，互诉心事。
in confidence
C2
If youtellsomething to someone in confidence, you do notwantthem totellanyoneelse:
私下地；秘密地
Anypersonaldatayouprovideto us will beheldin confidence.
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takesomeoneintoyourconfidence
toshareyoursecretswith someone,trustingthem not totellotherpeople:
向…透露自己的心事，将秘密告诉…
I should never have taken him into my confidence.我真不该把他当作知心朋友。
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Secrecy and privacy
  • anonymity
  • anonymization
  • anonymize
  • anonymous
  • anonymously
  • data protection
  • dead men tell no talesidiom
  • dissimulate
  • dissimulation
  • down-low
  • private
  • privately
  • privileged
  • pseudonym
  • pseudonymization
  • undisclosed
  • whitewash
  • whitewashing
  • wrap
  • wrapped (up) in secrecyidiom
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(Definition ofconfidencefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
confidence
noun
uk
/ˈkɒn.fɪ.dəns/us
/ˈkɑːn.fə.dəns/

confidencenoun(CERTAINTY)

B2[U]
thequalityof beingcertainofyourabilitiesor of havingtrustinpeople,plans, or thefuture
自信；信心，把握；信赖，信任
[+ to infinitive]He has the confidence towalkinto aroomofstrangersandimmediatelystartaconversation.他有信心步入一间满是陌生人的房间并马上和人搭上话。
She'scompletelylackingin confidence.她一点儿也不自信。
Ihave every/completeconfidenceinher. She'll beperfectfor thejob.我对她信心十足，她完全能胜任这项工作。
[+ that]I don'tshareyourconfidencethatthemarketwillimprovenextyear.对于明年市场会好转我可没有你那么有信心。
More examples
  • She'scertainlygained(in) confidence over the lastcoupleofyears.
  • After sixdefeatsin arow, the team's confidence has beenbadlyshaken.
  • Thegovernmentistryingtorestorepublicconfidence initsmanagementof theeconomy.
  • Passing mydrivingtestwas such aboostto my confidence.
  • I don't have much confidence in him after hisbehaviourinrecentmonths.

confidencenoun(SECRET)

[C]
asecretthat youtellsomeone
秘密；知心话
Theytalkedendlessly,exchangingconfidences.他们聊个不停，互诉心事。
in confidence
C2
If youtellsomething to someone in confidence, you do notwantthem totellanyoneelse.
私下地；秘密地
takesbintoyourconfidence
toshareyoursecretswith someone,trustingthem not totellotherpeople
向…透露自己的心事，将秘密告诉…
I should never have taken him into my confidence.我真不该把他当作知心朋友。

confidence| American Dictionary

confidence
noun
us
/ˈkɑn·fə·dəns,-ˌdens/

confidencenoun(SURE FEELING)

[U]
afeelingof having littledoubtabout yourself andyourabilities, or afeelingoftrustin someone or something:
He has asenseof confidence,evenarrogance, about what he does.
Consumers’ confidence in theeconomyisstrong.
Hercolleagueslostconfidence in her.

confidencenoun(SECRET)

[C/U]
asecret, or afeelingoftrustthat asecretwill bekept:
[C]Theyexchangedconfidences likeoldfriends.
[U]I’mtellingyou this in confidence.
(Definition ofconfidencefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

confidence| Business English

confidence
noun[U]
uk
/ˈkɒnfɪdəns/us
afeelingthat you cantrustsomeone or something toworkwell orbehaveas youexpect:
Theindexfell3.1% asinvestorslostconfidenceinbankshares.
have confidence in sb/sth"I have theutmostconfidence in him, andknowhe willleadthisfranchisetocontinuedsuccessandgrowth,"Westsaid.
Leitchwarnsthat theinsuranceindustrymustraisestandardstowinback the confidence ofinvestors.
afeelingthat aneconomicsituationwillimprove:
Business confidencehasplungedandhomesaleshavecollapsed.
destroy/restore confidenceYesterday'sannouncementis atimelyandimportantsteptowardrestoringglobaleconomicconfidence.
thequalityof beingcertainofyourownabilityto do things well:
Ourlatestrecruitis veryintelligentbutlackingin confidence.
boost/shatter/shake sb's confidenceOneaimof theappraisalmeetingsis toboostthe confidence ofyourteammembers.
in confidence
if youtellsomeone something in confidence, it is with theagreementthat they will nottellanyoneelse:
Insiders arebarredfrom usingsignificantbusinessinformationthat they havereceivedin confidence.

See also

breach of confidence
consumer confidence
vote of confidence
vote of no confidence
(Definition ofconfidencefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconfidence

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Most of us would defend those confidences in one way or another with our honour or, it may be, even our liberty on occasions.
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Another reason is that only lawyers can keep confidences and that laymen cannot.
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I am betraying no confidences, because my discussions with them took place in front of the television cameras, and they are all on the record.
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He is the safe keeper of many confidences.
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I am not breaking any confidences; it is a published work.
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I still think that the only proper recipient of the solicitor's confidences would be the budgerigar.
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Each of these made provision, after all, for the protection, among other things, of confidences of the citizen and for safeguarding law and order.
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Such confidences are not reciprocated by the enemy.
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He says that foreign confidences must be respected and must remain in this clause.
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The problem would be that the category of information called "foreign confidences" is materially different from that category which relates to international relations in general.
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Leaving that issue aside, it is absolutely clear that one requires a provision in the harm test which will deal with foreign confidences.
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The courts recognise this, and cannot require such confidences to be exposed.
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I have heard many doctors reveal confidences, at dinners and so on, which they should never have revealed.
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I often think that the confidences told and exposed to the social worker are more sensitive than the ones exposed to the doctor.
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I am not going to betray the confidences of private conversations, but he was.
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Collocationswithconfidence

confidence

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absolute confidence
A typological universal, if truly universal and if established withabsoluteconfidence, would provide a powerful guide to reconstruction.
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a lot of confidence
I was flattered to be included, learned a lot, and gained alotofconfidence.
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complete confidence
In each such "complete theory" domain we can use its basic concepts withcompleteconfidence.
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