confident
adjective /ˈkɒnfɪdənt/
/ˈkɑːnfɪdənt/
- feeling sure about your own ability to do things and be successful
自信的；有自信心的 - She was in a relaxed, confident mood.
她的心态从容而自信。 - Beneath his confident and charming exterior, lurked a mass of insecurities.
在他自信而迷人的外表下，潜藏着大量的不安全感。 - confident about something I was actually fairly confident about my chances.
我其实对自己的机会相当有信心。 - confident about doing something The teacher wants the children to feel confident about asking questions when they don't understand.
教师要孩子们遇到不懂的就大胆提问。 - confident in something He'd learned to be confident in his ability to handle anything life threw at him.
他已经学会对自己处理生活中任何事情的能力充满信心。
Topics Doubt, guessing and certaintyb1, Personal qualitiesb1- Going to university has made her more confident.
唸大学使她增强了自信心。 - He was overly confident, perhaps to the point of arrogance.
他过度自信，也许到了自负的地步。 - He's becoming more confident as he gets older.
随着年龄的增长，他变得更自信了。 - She gradually grew more confident.
她逐渐自信起来。 - She sauntered onto the set, looking serenely confident.
她从容地走到拍摄片场，看起来沉着而自信。 - You get young people who appear to be socially confident, but inside they are a bundle of neuroses.
你会碰到一些年轻人，他们在交往时显得很自信，但内心却紧张得要命。 - They gave a very confident performance of the piece.
他们非常自信地演奏了这首乐曲。 - I'm very confident in our ability to maintain leadership.
我对我们保持领导地位的能力很有信心。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- feel
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- about
- in
- of
- …
- She was in a relaxed, confident mood.
- feeling certain that something will happen in the way that you want or expect
肯定的；确信的；有把握的 - confident of something The Democrats were confident of victory.
民主党人对胜利充满信心。 - confident of doing something The team feels confident of winning.
这个队觉得有把握取胜。 - confident about something We are confident about the future.
我们对未来充满信心。 - confident (that)… I'm confident that you will get the job.
我肯定你能得到那份工作。 - He said he remained confident that the dispute could be resolved.
他说，他仍然相信争议能够得到解决。 - We're pretty confident we can win the case.
我们很有信心能打赢这场官司。 - She was quietly confident that everything would go as planned.
她心里相信一切都会按计划进行。
Synonyms suresure- confident
- convinced
- certain
- positive
- clear
- sure [not before noun] without any doubt that you are right, that something is true, that you will get something or that something will happen:
- ‘Is that John over there?’ ‘I’m not sure.’
“那边那个人是约翰吗？” “我说不准。” - Are you sure about that?
这事你肯定吗？ - England must win this game to be sure of qualifying.
英格兰队必须拿下这场比赛才能确保获得资格。
- ‘Is that John over there?’ ‘I’m not sure.’
- confident completely sure that something will happen in the way that you want or expect:
- I’m quite confident that you’ll get the job.
我肯定你能得到那份工作。 - The team feels confident of winning.
这个队觉得有把握取胜。
- I’m quite confident that you’ll get the job.
- convinced [not before noun] completely sure that something is true or right, especially because the evidence seems to prove it or somebody else has persuaded you to believe it:
- I’m convinced that she’s innocent.
我坚信她是清白无辜的。
- I’m convinced that she’s innocent.
- certain [not usually before noun] sure that you are right or that something is true:
- Are you absolutely certain about this?
你对这事绝对确信无疑吗？
- Are you absolutely certain about this?
用 sure 还是 certain？ - positive [not before noun] (rather informal) completely sure that something is true:
- She was positive that he’d been there.
她确信他曾到过那儿。 - ‘Are you sure?’ ‘Positive.’
“你敢肯定吗？”“绝对肯定。”
- She was positive that he’d been there.
- clear (often used in negative statements and questions) having no doubt or confusion about something:
- My memory isn’t really clear on that point.
那一点我记不太清楚了。
- My memory isn’t really clear on that point.
- sure/confident/convinced/certain/positive/clear about something
- sure/confident/convinced/certain of something
- sure/confident/convinced/certain/positive/clear that…
- sure/certain/clear who/what/how, etc.
- to feel sure/confident/convinced/certain/positive
- quite/absolutely/completely/fairly/pretty sure/confident/convinced/certain/positive/clear
- not altogether sure/confident/convinced/certain/clear
Topics Doubt, guessing and certaintyb1- I'm quite confident that you'll get the job.
我肯定你能得到那份工作。 - We feel confident that these results are accurate.
我们对这些结果的准确性是有把握的。 - I'm fully confident of winning the title.
我对赢取冠军信心十足。 - I'm 95% confident of success.
我对成功有 95% 的把握。 - They gave a confident prediction that things would improve.
他们自信地预测情况会有所改善。 - He came out of the interview feeling quietly confident.
他面试后走出来，暗自觉得有了把握。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- feel
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- about
- in
- of
- …
- confident of something The Democrats were confident of victory.
词源late 16th cent.: from French confident(e), from Italian confidente, from Latin confident- ‘having full trust’, from the verb confidere, from con- (expressing intensive force) + fidere ‘trust’.