confidence
noun /ˈkɒnfɪdəns/
/ˈkɑːnfɪdəns/
Idioms - [uncountable] the feeling that you can trust, believe in and be sure about the abilities or good qualities of somebody/something
信心；信任；信赖 - The president's actions hardly inspire confidence.
总统的行动很难激发信心。 - confidence in somebody/something The players all have confidence in their manager.
队员都信赖他们的教练。 - He believes his reforms will restore confidence in the financial markets.
他相信他的改革将恢复人们对金融市场的信心。 - The survey revealed a lack of confidence in the government.
调查显示对政府缺乏信心。 - She has the utmost confidence in her students' abilities.
她对学生的能力充满信心。 - Our aim is to increase public confidence in the democratic process.
我们的目标是增强公众对民主进程的信心。 - The university is facing a crisis of confidence about its future role.
这所大学正面临着对其未来角色的信心危机。 - The new contracts have undermined the confidence of employees.
新的合同动摇了雇员们的信心。
Topics Doubt, guessing and certaintyb2- Are we to place confidence in a man who cannot remember a phone call he made last week?
我们能信任一个连上周打过电话都记不得的人吗？ - Confidence has returned to the market.
市场恢复了信心。 - Investor confidence plunged to a 30-year low last week.
投资者信心上周跌至30年低点。 - The police need to enjoy the full confidence of the public.
警方需要得到公众的充分信任。 - The quarterly survey showed an improvement in business confidence.
季度调查显示商业信心有所改善。 - The commanding officer was relieved of his duty because of a loss of confidence in his leadership.
指挥官被解除了职务，因为对他的领导失去了信心。 - Confidence is high among the team's supporters.
支持者对该队有很强的信心。 - Generally there is low public confidence in government institutions.
总的来说，公众对政府机构信任度很低。 - To maintain confidence in the criminal justice system, the judiciary needs to engage with the public.
为了保持对刑事司法系统的信心，司法机构需要与公众接触。 - He expressed confidence in the new plans.
他对新计划表示有信心。 - Higher profits should raise business confidence.
利润增加应可提高商业信心。 - Only if the chairperson resigns will we be able to restore the confidence of our members.
只有主席辞职，我们才能恢复成员的信心。 - Only one bank scandal is needed to shake the confidence in the financial markets.
一次银行丑闻就足以动摇对金融市场的信心。 - Security institutions have to have the confidence of all communities.
安全机构必须得到所有社区的信任。 - The Cabinet must enjoy the confidence of Parliament.
内阁必须得到议会的信任。 - The captain of the football team said he had every confidence in his men.
足球队队长说过他对他的球员充满信心。 - The captain was not lacking in confidence about his team's prospects.
队长对自己球队的前途不乏信心。 - The company needs the full confidence of its investors.
公司需要得到投资者的完全信任。 - The company's record does not really inspire confidence.
公司的业绩并不能真正激发信心。 - The general's confidence in his army proved misplaced.
事实证明，将军误信了自己部队的实力。 - The government lost a confidence vote.
政府未能通过信任投票。 - They are gradually instilling confidence in their staff.
他们在逐渐培养员工的自信心。 - They have no confidence in the legal system.
他们对法律体制没有信心。 - This government has lost the confidence of the public.
这届政府已失去公众的信任。 - This government no longer enjoys the confidence of the public.
这个政府不再为公众所信任。 - This is a tremendous vote of confidence for the government.
这是对政府投下的极大的信任票。 - We all have complete confidence in this product.
我们都对这个产品充满信心。 - a loss of confidence among investors
投资者信心的丧失 - an effort to renew investor confidence in corporate America
恢复投资者对全美国信心的努力 - an environment which builds mutual confidence
有助于建立相互信任的环境 - efforts to build confidence between employers and unions
在雇主和工会之间建立信任的努力 - public confidence in the government
公众对政府的信任 - to maintain public confidence in the system of justice
维护公众对司法体制的信心
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- absolute
- complete
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- confidence about
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- a crisis of confidence
- have every confidence
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- The president's actions hardly inspire confidence.
- [uncountable] a belief in your own ability to do things and be successful
自信心；把握 - People often lose confidence when they are criticized.
人受到批评时经常会失去信心。 - He gained confidence when he went to college.
他上大学后增强了自信。 - Receiving compliments from my work colleagues has boosted my confidence.
收到同事的称赞增强了我的信心。 - The course will help you build your confidence and develop your study skills.
这门课程将帮助你树立信心，发展学习技能。 - While girls lack confidence, boys often overestimate their abilities.
女孩通常缺乏自信，而男孩则往往会高估自己的能力。 - He suffers from a lack of confidence.
他缺乏自信。 - with confidence She answered the questions with confidence.
她自信地回答了问题。 - confidence in something/yourself I didn't have any confidence in myself at school.
我在学校时对自己毫无信心。 - Winning the award has given me much more confidence in my writing.
获奖给了我更多的写作信心。 - confidence to do something The training programmes have given workers the confidence to take on more responsibility.
培训计划给了工人们承担更多责任的信心。
Topics Personal qualitiesb2- Women often lose confidence when they stop work to have a baby.
当女性为了生孩子而停止工作时，她们往往会失去信心。 - Their confidence grew with each success.
他们的信心随着每一次成功不断增强。 - A lot of children are lacking in confidence.
许多孩子缺乏自信心。 - All his false confidence had drained away.
他所有虚假的自信已消失殆尽。 - As the weeks went by he grew in confidence.
随着几个星期过去，他的自信心增强了。 - During his illness he really lost his confidence.
他生病期间确实失去了自信。 - The training is designed to give staff confidence in managing problems.
这次培训旨在给予员工处理问题的信心。 - Failing his exams really dented his confidence.
考试没过确实打击了他的自信。 - Getting the certificate does a lot in terms of confidence building.
获得这张证书在建立自信方面很有帮助。 - He's really striking the ball well and has got his confidence back.
他的球确实打得很好，这使他重新找回了自信。 - I lacked confidence about how I looked.
我对自己的长相缺乏自信。 - My confidence went completely after my first major defeat.
第一次经历重大失败以后，我彻底没了自信。 - She gave an outward appearance of quiet confidence.
她表现出一副沉着自信的样子。 - She has very little confidence in her own abilities.
她对自己的能力很没自信。 - She spoke in a tone of easy confidence.
她说话时带着一种从容自信。 - She's gained a lot of confidence over the last year.
在过去的一年中，她信心大增。 - Since she got the new job, she's been brimming with confidence.
自从找到新工作，她便充满了自信。 - The home side badly need a confidence booster.
主队急需一个振兴自信的机会。 - Winning the competition really boosted her confidence.
比赛获胜确实增强了她的自信心。 - a man who exudes confidence
自信满满的男人 - his confidence in himself
他对自己的信心 - to instil confidence in staff who feel nervous about taking on new roles
给那些因接受新任务而紧张的员工培养信心
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- considerable
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- with confidence
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- a lack of confidence
- a loss of confidence
- People often lose confidence when they are criticized.
- [uncountable] the feeling that you are certain about something
把握；肯定 - He said he wished that he shared her confidence.
他说他希望和她一样有信心。 - with confidence They could not say with confidence that he would be able to walk again after the accident.
他们不能肯定他经过那场事故后还能行走。 - No one can predict with complete confidence what will happen in the financial markets.
没有人能完全有信心预测金融市场会发生什么。 - confidence that… She expressed her confidence that they would win.
她表示有信心他们会赢。
- He said he wished that he shared her confidence.
- [uncountable] a feeling of trust that somebody will keep information private
（对某人会保守秘密的）信任，信赖 - It took a long time to gain her confidence (= make her feel she could trust me).
我花了很长的时间才赢得她的信任。 - in confidence Eva told me about their relationship in confidence.
伊娃对我透露了他们俩的关系这个秘密。 - This is in the strictest confidence.
这事切勿外传。
- Enquiries will be dealt with in the strictest confidence.
调查将在绝对保密的条件下进行。 - I really can't talk about this—she told me in confidence.
我真的不能谈这个 － 她是私底下告诉我的。 - She promised not to break his confidence.
她保证不辜负他的信任。 - She told me in confidence—I couldn't break that confidence, could I?
她告诉我时让我保密，我不能不守信用，对吧？ - Telling other people what I'd said was a total breach of confidence.
把我说的话告诉其他人就是背信。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- absolute
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- in confidence
- a breach of confidence
- in strict confidence
- It took a long time to gain her confidence (= make her feel she could trust me).
- [countable] (formal) a secret that you tell somebody
（向某人透露的）秘密，机密 - The girls exchanged confidences.
女孩子们相互吐露自己的心事。 - I could never forgive Mike for betraying a confidence.
迈克泄露了秘密，我绝不会原谅他。
- She didn't encourage confidences.
她没有要求保密。 - The girls exchanged whispered confidences.
女孩们小声地互诉知心话。 - Can you keep a confidence?
你能保守秘密吗？
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- whispered
- exchange
- share
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- The girls exchanged confidences.
belief in others对他人的信心
belief in yourself对自己的信心
feeling certain感到有把握
trust信任
a secret秘密
词源late Middle English: from Latin confidentia, from confidere ‘have full trust’, from con- (expressing intensive force) + fidere ‘trust’.
Idioms
be in somebody’s confidence
- to be trusted with somebody’s secrets
受某人信任；是某人的心腹 - He is said to be very much in the president's confidence.
据说他深受总统的信任。
- He is said to be very much in the president's confidence.
take somebody into your confidence
- to tell somebody secrets and personal information about yourself
向某人吐露内心秘密（或隐私） - She took me into her confidence and told me about the problems she was facing.
她把我当成知己，把她面临的种种难题都向我和盘托出。 - She thought she might take Leo into her confidence.
她以为也许可以把利奥当作知己。
- She took me into her confidence and told me about the problems she was facing.