confidence

1. N-UNCOUNT If you have confidence in someone, you feel that you can trust them. 信任

I have every confidence in you. 我對你有完全的信任。

This has contributed to the lack of confidence in the FDA. 這導致了對食品與藥品管理局信任的缺乏。

2. N-UNCOUNT If you have confidence, you feel sure about your abilities, qualities, or ideas. 自信心

The band is in excellent form and brimming with confidence. 該樂隊處于極好的狀態(tài)，表現(xiàn)得充滿信心。

3. N-UNCOUNT If you can say something with confidence, you feel certain it is correct. 把握

I can say with confidence that such rumours were totally groundless. 我可以很有把握地說這些傳言完全沒有根據(jù)。

4. N-UNCOUNT If you tell someone something in confidence, you tell them a secret. 保密

We told you all these things in confidence. 我們告訴你的這些事情都是保密的。

Even telling Lois seemed a betrayal of confidence. 甚至告訴洛伊斯似乎也是對保密的背叛。

5. PHRASE If you take someone into your confidence, you tell them a secret. 向某人吐露秘密