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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1342 COCA: 1870

confidence

noun
/ˈkɒnfɪdəns/
/ˈkɑːnfɪdəns/
Idioms
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    belief in others对他人的信心

  1. [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。
    see also consumer confidence, vote of confidence, vote of no confidence
    Extra Examples
    • 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
    Topics Doubt, guessing and certaintyb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • absolute
    • complete
    • full
    verb + confidence
    • enjoy
    • feel
    • have
    confidence + verb
    • decline
    • decrease
    • fall
    preposition
    • confidence about
    • confidence among
    • confidence between
    phrases
    • a crisis of confidence
    • have every confidence
    • have the utmost confidence
    See full entry
  2. belief in yourself对自己的信心

  3. [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。
    see also self-confidence
    Extra Examples
    • 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
    Topics Personal qualitiesb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • considerable
    • enormous
    • great
    verb + confidence
    • have
    • demonstrate
    • display
    confidence + verb
    • drain
    • drain away
    • evaporate
    confidence + noun
    • boost
    • booster
    • builder
    preposition
    • with confidence
    • confidence about
    • confidence in
    phrases
    • a lack of confidence
    • a loss of confidence
    See full entry
  4. feeling certain感到有把握

  5. [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。
    Topics Doubt, guessing and certaintyb2
  6. trust信任

  7. [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。
    Extra Examples
    • 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。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • absolute
    • complete
    • full
    verb + confidence
    • enjoy
    • have
    • keep
    confidence + noun
    • game
    • trick
    • man
    preposition
    • in confidence
    phrases
    • a breach of confidence
    • in strict confidence
    See full entry
  8. a secret秘密

  9. [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。
    Extra Examples
    • 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?
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • whispered
    verb + confidence
    • exchange
    • share
    • keep
    See full entry
  10. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin confidentia, from confidere ‘have full trust’, from con- (expressing intensive force) + fidere ‘trust’.
Idioms
be in somebody’s confidence
  1. 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。
take somebody into your confidence
  1. 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。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1342 COCA: 1870
confidence

noun¹

1belief in others對他人的信任ADJECTIVE | VERB + CONFIDENCE | CONFIDENCE + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEabsolute, complete, full, total絕對的信任;完全的信賴The company needs the full confidence of its investors.公司需要得到投資者的完全信任。great, high, real, strong (NAmE) 高度信任;真正的信任;堅定的信心Confidence is high among the team's supporters.支持者對該隊有很強的信心。low (NAmE) 信心很小Generally there is low public confidence in government institutions.總的來說,公眾對政府機構信任度很低。reasonable一定的信任growing, increased, increasing越來越強的信心;增強的信心new, renewed新的信任;重建的信任misplaced誤信The general's confidence in his army proved misplaced.事實證明,將軍誤信了自己部隊的實力。public公眾的信任public confidence in the government公眾對政府的信任business, consumer, customer, investor, market, voter商業上的信任;消費者的信心;顧客的信任;投資者的信任;對市場的信心;投票人的信任VERB + CONFIDENCEenjoy, feel, have得到信任;感到信任This government no longer enjoys the confidence of the public.這個政府不再為公眾所信任。We all have complete confidence in this product.我們都對這個產品充滿信心。express表達信任He expressed confidence in the new plans.他對新計劃表示有信心。be lacking in, lack缺乏信心share有同樣的信心She wished that she shared his confidence.她希望能像他一樣有信心。maintain, retain維持/保持信心to maintain public confidence in the system of justice維護公眾對司法體制的信心bolster, boost, build, build up, enhance, improve, increase, raise, strengthen增加信心;建立信任;增強信心;提高信心Higher profits should raise business confidence.利潤增加應可提高商業信心。gain得到信任breed, create, engender, generate, give (sb), inspire, instil/instill, promote培養信任;建立信任;使產生信任感;產生信任;給予(某人)信任;激發信心;注入信心;增強信任The training is designed to give staff confidence in managing problems.這次培訓旨在給予員工處理問題的信心。The company's record does not really inspire confidence.公司的業績並不能真正激發信心。rebuild, renew, restore, revive重建信任;恢復信任;重新喚起信心an effort to renew investor confidence in corporate America恢復投資者對全美國信心的努力lose失去信任This government has lost the confidence of the public.這屆政府已失去公眾的信任。damage, dent, erode, sap, shake, undermine, weaken破壞信任;削弱信任;動搖信心Only one bank scandal is needed to shake the confidence in the financial markets.一次銀行醜聞就足以動搖對金融市場的信心。destroy, shatter破壞信任;摧毀信心CONFIDENCE + VERBdecline, decrease, fall, wane信心下降/減少/降低/衰退grow, increase, rise, soar信心變大/增加/上升/猛增return信心恢復Confidence has returned to the market.市場恢復了信心。PREPOSITIONconfidence about對⋯的信心The captain was not lacking in confidence about his team's prospects.隊長對自己球隊的前途不乏信心。confidence among⋯之間的信心a loss of confidence among investors投資者信心的喪失confidence between⋯之間的信任efforts to build confidence between employers and unions在雇主和工會之間建立信任的努力confidence in對⋯的信心They have no confidence in the legal system.他們對法律體制沒有信心。PHRASESa crisis of confidence信任危機There is a crisis of confidence in the university about its future role.對於未來的職責,這所大學裏出現了一種信任危機。have every confidence, have the utmost confidence完全有信心;有最大的信心The captain of the football team said he had every confidence in his men.足球隊隊長說過他對他的球員充滿信心。a lack of confidence, a loss of confidence缺乏/喪失信心a confidence motion (also a no-confidence motion) (especially BrE) , a confidence vote
(also a no-confidence vote) , a vote of confidence, a vote of no confidence(不)信任動議/投票
The government lost a confidence vote.政府未能通過信任投票。This is a tremendous vote of confidence for the government.這是對政府投下的極大的信任票。
confidence

noun²

2belief in yourself自信ADJECTIVE | VERB + CONFIDENCE | CONFIDENCE + VERB | CONFIDENCE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEconsiderable, enormous, great非常自信supreme, tremendous, utter極度的/高度的/絕對的自信unshakable, unwavering不可動搖的/堅定的自信added, extra更多的/額外的自信new-found, renewed新找到的/恢復的自信growing, increased, increasing越來越自信;增強的自信心calm, cool, quiet鎮靜自信;沉着自信She gave an outward appearance of quiet confidence.她表現出一副沉着自信的樣子。easy從容自信She spoke in a tone of easy confidence.她說話時帶着一種從容自信。false假裝的自信All his false confidence had drained away.他所有虛假的自信已消失殆盡。inner, personal內在的自信;個人的自信VERB + CONFIDENCEhave有自信She has very little confidence in her own abilities.她對自己的能力沒有多少信心。demonstrate, display, project, show顯露出/表露出/表現出/顯示出自信feel感到自信'I can explain,' he said, with a confidence he did not feel.“我可以解釋。”他底氣不足地說。be full of, brim with, exude, ooze, radiate充滿自信;洋溢着自信;流露出自信;散發自信Since she got the new job, she's been brimming with confidence.自從找到新工作,她便充滿了自信。a man who exudes confidence自信滿滿的男人be lacking in, lack缺乏自信心A lot of children are lacking in confidence.許多孩子缺乏自信心。acquire, develop, gain, gather獲得自信;培養自信;增強自信She's gained a lot of confidence over the last year.在過去的一年中,她信心大增。grow in自信心增加As the weeks went by he grew in confidence.隨着幾個星期過去,他的自信心增強了。lose失去信心During his illness he really lost his confidence.他生病期間確實失去了自信。get back, rebuild, recover, regain, restore找回自信;重建自信;恢復自信He's really striking the ball well and has recovered his confidence.他的球確實打得很好,這使他恢復了自信。bolster, boost, build, build up, develop, encourage, enhance, improve增強自信;建立自信;提高自信Winning the competition really boosted her confidence.贏得這次競賽的確增強了她的自信。give sb, instil/instill給予某人信心;培養自信They are gradually instilling confidence in their staff.他們在逐漸培養員工的自信心。dent, sap, shake, undermine, weaken削弱自信;動搖自信心Failing his exams really dented his confidence.考試沒過確實打擊了他的自信。destroy, shatter摧毀自信CONFIDENCE + VERBdrain, drain away, evaporate, go信心消失My confidence went completely after my first major defeat.第一次經歷重大失敗以後,我徹底沒了自信。grow, increase, rise自信心增加;自信心提高Their confidence grew with each success.他們的信心隨着每一次成功不斷增強。return自信恢復CONFIDENCE + NOUNboost, booster, builder (NAmE) 自信增加;增強信心的人;增強信心的事物The home team badly need a confidence booster.主隊急需一個增強自信的機會。building信心的建立Getting the certificate does a lot in terms of confidence building.獲得這張證書在建立自信方面很有幫助。PREPOSITIONwith confidence自信地She answered the question with confidence.她自信地回答了問題。confidence about在⋯方面的自信心I lacked confidence about how I looked.我對自己的長相缺乏自信。confidence in對⋯的信心his confidence in himself他對自己的信心PHRASESa lack of confidence缺乏自信a loss of confidence喪失自信
confidence

noun³

3trust信賴ADJECTIVE | VERB + CONFIDENCE | CONFIDENCE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEabsolute, complete, full, total絕對的信賴;完全的信任mutual相互信賴VERB + CONFIDENCEenjoy, have得到信任The Cabinet must enjoy the confidence of Parliament.內閣必須得到議會的信任。Security institutions have to have the confidence of all communities.安全機構必須得到所有社區的信任。keep, retain保持信任earn, gain, get, win博取/得到/取得/贏得信賴build建立信任an environment which builds mutual confidence有助於建立相互信任的環境betray, break辜負信任;不守信用She promised not to break his confidence.她保證不辜負他的信任。I don't think I'm breaking any confidence by telling you that he plans to write another book.我想我告訴你他計劃寫另一本書不是不守信用。place, put信任Are we to place confidence in a man who cannot remember a phone call he made last week?我們能信任一個連上週打過電話都記不得的人嗎?withhold保留信任take sb into視某人為知己She thought she might take Leo into her confidence.她以為也許可以把利奧當作知己。CONFIDENCE + NOUNgame, trick (BrE) 騙局man (usually con man in BrE, and NAmE) , trickster (BrE) 騙子PREPOSITIONin confidence秘密地I really can't talk about this-she told me in confidence.我真的不能談這個 - 她是私底下告訴我的。PHRASESa breach of confidence背信Telling other people what I'd said was a total breach of confidence.把我說的話告訴其他人就是背信。in strict confidence在嚴格保密的前提下Questions will be dealt with in the strictest confidence.將在最嚴格的保密條件下處理這些問題。
confidence

noun⁴

4secret秘密ADJECTIVE | VERB + CONFIDENCE ADJECTIVEwhispered低聲密談VERB + CONFIDENCEexchange, share談知心話;分享秘密The girls exchanged whispered confidences.女孩們小聲地互訴知心話。keep保守秘密Can you keep a confidence?你能保守秘密嗎?betray泄露秘密I could never forgive Mike for betraying a confidence.我永遠不能原諒邁克背信泄密。encourage, invite鼓勵/請求保密She didn't encourage confidences.她沒有要求保密。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1342 COCA: 1870
confidence noun
confidence (confidence in your own abilities) faith (confidence in the government) have confidence in sb/sth trust verb
confidence

noun

confidence ♦︎ self-confidence ♦︎ assertiveness ♦︎ aplomb ♦︎ assuranceThese are all words for a belief in yourself and your abilities. 这些词均表示自信、自信心。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配with confidence / self-confidence / aplomb / assurancegreat confidence / self-confidence / aplomb / assurancegrowing confidence / self-confidence / assurancetotal aplomb / assurancequiet / calm / easy confidence / assurancesb's usual confidence / aplombto have / show confidence / self-confidence / assuranceto lose / be lacking in / lack confidence / self-confidencean air of confidence / self-confidence / assurance confidence [uncountable] a belief in your own ability to do things and be successful 自信心;把握He answered the questions with confidence.他有把握地回答了那些问题。She has very little confidence in her own abilities.她对自己的能力很没自信。He gained confidence when he went to college.他上大学后增强了自信。Winning the competition really boosted her confidence.比赛获胜确实增强了她的自信心。 ˌself-ˈconfidence [uncountable] a belief in yourself and your abilities 自信He constantly tried to undermine her self-confidence.他总想打击她的自信。A few months living away from home have given him renewed self-confidence.离家住了几个月使他重建了自信。NOTE 辨析 Confidence or self-confidence?In many cases you can use either word. 在许多情况下这两个词可以通用to have / exude / lack / gain / give sb confidence / self-confidence拥有/流露出/缺乏/获得/给予某人信心/自信to boost / dent / shake / undermine sb's confidence / self-confidence增强/挫伤/动摇/削弱某人的信心/自信However, confidence can be a belief in your abilities generally, or in your ability to do a particular thing; self-confidence can only be a belief in your abilities generally and you cannot 'have self-confidence in sth'. 不过,confidence可指对总体能力或做特定事情的能力的信心。self-confidence仅指对自己总体能力的信心,不能说have self-confidence in sthShe had no confidence in her ability to persuade anyone.她对自己说服别人的能力没有信心。She had no self-confidence in her ability to persuade anyone. assertiveness əˈsɜːtɪvnəs; NAmE əˈsɜːrtɪvnəs [uncountable] (rather formal) the confidence to express opinions and desires strongly, so that people take notice (表达意见或愿望的)坚定自信,勇于表达an assertiveness training programme for women managers针对女性管理人员的自信培训课程Assertiveness is talked about especially in work contexts. * assertiveness尤用于职场。 see also assertive aggressive 2 aplomb əˈplɒm; NAmE əˈplɑːm [uncountable] (rather formal, approving) a confident manner that enables you to succeed in managing difficult situations (应付困难的)自信,沉着,泰然自若He delivered the speech with his usual aplomb.他以一贯的沉着风格作了演讲。 assurance əˈʃʊərəns, əˈʃɔːrəns; NAmE əˈʃʊrəns [uncountable] a confident manner that shows a belief in your own abilities and strengths 自信There was an air of easy assurance and calm about him.他的神情从容自信、沉着冷静。NOTE 辨析 Confidence or assurance? Confidence or self-confidence is what you feel when you believe in yourself; assurance is the manner and behaviour that shows this feeling. * confidence或self-confidence是自己感觉到的自信,assurance是通过行为举止表现出来的自信。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1342 COCA: 1870
confidence
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Certainty and being certain: certainty, assurance, guarantee...
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