confidence
常考释义
1.[u]~ (in sb/sth)信心；信任；信赖the feeling that you can trust, believe in and be sure about the abilities or good qualities of sb/sth
The players all have confidence in their manager.队员都信赖他们的教练。
A fall in unemployment will help to restore consumer confidence.失业人数的下降会有助于恢复消费者的信心。
a lack of confidence in the government对政府缺乏信任
The new contracts have undermined the confidence of employees.新的合同动摇了雇员们的信心。
She has every confidence in her students' abilities.她完全相信她学生的能力。
2.[u]自信心；把握a belief in your own ability to do things and be successful
He answered the questions with confidence .他自信地回答了那些问题。
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。
She suffers from a lack of confidence .她深受缺乏自信心之苦。
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。
I didn't have any confidence in myself at school.我在学校时对自己毫无信心。
3.[u]把握；肯定the feeling that you are certain about sth
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。
He expressed his confidence that they would win.他表示了自己的信心：他们必定取胜。
4.[u]（对某人会保守秘密的）信任，信赖a feeling of trust that sb will keep information private
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。
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。
5.[c]（向某人透露的）秘密，机密a secret that you tell sb
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，我决不会原谅他。
It was not confidence exactly, but more that I began to believe I knew how the city worked.
准确地说，这不是一种信心，更主要的原因是，我开始相信自己了解这个城市的运转方式。
All of a sudden absolutely empty mood seems to have something, then to restore lost confidence to work.
一下子空空如也的心情似乎又有点什么了，于是重新拾回丢掉的信心去上班。
She choose give her study up as she began to lose the confidence in her study.
她对学习失去了信心，以至于选择了放弃。
But a lot is at stake in trying to overcome the current crisis of confidence.
不过，想要克服目前的信任危机，许多东西会处于危险之中。
Rice told reporters on her plane that settlement expansion does not build confidence and is an obstacle to peace.
赖斯在飞机上对记者表示，扩大定居点无助于建立互信，是和平的障碍。
By trusting me to care for him at the moment of his passing, he showed not only his love, but his pride and confidence in me.
他信任我，让我在他离开的那一刻照顾他，这里面包含的，不仅是他的爱，还有他以我为荣的自豪和信心。
With experience, persistence, and time, you'll be surprised by how much knowledge you can acquire and how much confidence you can develop.
有了经验、坚持和时间，你会惊讶的发现你能掌握多少知识、能树立多少自信。
A man's attempt to impress women sells out his dignity, his confidence and his self-esteem.
当男人讨好女性的时候就出卖了他的尊严、自信心和自尊心。
Everything afterwards was just a great increase in energy and confidence geared towards obtaining more of the drug.
以后所要做的事情就是不断花费精力、加大胆量去获得更多的毒品。
Others may become a bit intimidated by your confidence, so be sure to be diplomatic and caring as you go along.
别人可能会为你的表现感到些许不适，因此记得要和往常一样关心他人，正常社交。
"It was a big confidence booster to be selected for the game and it shows the manager has faith in me, " said the full-back.
“被选为首发对我而言是对信心的提升与鼓励并且显示了教练对我的信任，”这名后卫说道。
You've got to have confidence in your own ability and that you'll get back.
你必须相信自己有能力然后你就会回来的。
I shall not attempt to describe the grateful emotions which the new and very distinguished proof of the confidence of my fellow_citizens.
我不应试图描述那由这全新而非凡的国民信心之证明，由我的再次当选而展示的这一高度信任。
I've always wanted to sing as a career. Confidence is - has always been sort of like a difficult thing for me.
我一直希望唱歌能成为我的职业！自信对我来说一直是一件困难的事！
Faith in the General and the army was still strong. Confidence in ultimate victory never wavered. But the war was dragging out so long.
人们对这位将军和他的军队仍抱有坚强的信念，对于最后胜利的信心也从不动遥可是战争已拖得够久的了。
OK, maybe that's pushing it a bit, but a woman with verbal confidence can be a hell of a turn-on.
好吧，可能这给她们加了些分，但是一个在言语上过于自信的女人可以让人觉得十分痛苦。
By quoting from a well-known art critic, he tried to add a bit of self confidence to his talents.
他引用一位著名艺术评论家的话，为自己的绘画才能增加一点自信心。
Acting-out in the opposite role allows for a sense of balance, a release of tension or repressed rage, or the practice of self-confidence.
在相反角色中的进行宣泄，有助于一种平衡的感觉，释放紧张或压抑的愤怒，或践行自信。
You realize that you have the power to make decisions that are right for you and with that comes the confidence to go for what you want.
你会发现自己有能力做出正确的决定，并且更加有信心地去追求你想要的生活。
Singh welcomed the U. S. decision, saying that "This shows that the two countries increasing trust and confidence. "
辛格对美国的这一决定表示欢迎，认为“这显示了两国不断增加的信任和信心”。
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