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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。
Extra ExamplesTopics Doubt, guessing and certaintyb2Are 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- absolute
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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。
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesb2Women 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- considerable
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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。
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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 ExamplesEnquiries 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
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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 ExamplesShe 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
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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
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
take somebody into your confidence