| 单词 | confidence |
| 释义 | confidenceconfidencesconfidenceconfidence /ˈkɒnfɪdəns $ ˈkɑːn-/ noun1[uncountable] belief in your ability to do things well or be liked by peopleconfidence inI didn’t have any confidence in myself.我对自己一点信心也没有。confidence to do somethingI wouldn’t have the confidence to wear that. 我不敢穿那样的衣服。with confidenceIt’s important that children learn to read with confidence.child小孩子学会有自信地阅读很重要。2[uncountable] the feeling that you can trust someone or something to be good or successfulconfidence inThe survey reveals a lack of confidence in the police.reveal 此次调查显示了公众对警方缺乏信任。Most parents have total confidence in the school.parent 大部分家长完全信赖学校。a bid to restore confidence in the government给政府挽回信任的努力public/business/consumer confidence3gain/win/earn sb’s confidence if you gain someone’s confidence, they start to trust you4[countable] a secret or some personal and secret information: We spent the evening talking and sharing confidences.spendeventalkshareconfidence我们一个晚上都在说知心话。Phrasesin confidence if you say something in confidence, you tell someone something and trust them not to tell anyone else: I’ll tell you something about Marie – in confidence of course.我告诉你有关玛丽的一些事，当然是私下说说。COLLOCATIONS: confidenceverbsto have confidenceYou should have the confidence to say what you think.shallto gain confidenceEach day she gained a little more confidence.gainto give somebody confidenceDoing the course has given me a lot of confidence.dohavegiveto be full of confidenceShe’s doing well and she’s full of confidence.doto lack confidenceHe’s good at his job, but he lacks confidence.lackto lose confidenceAfter three defeats, the team were losing confidence.defeatbeloseto boost sb’s confidence (=to make someone feel more confident)One of my stories was published, which really boosted my confidence.storybepublishboostto build (up) your confidence (=to become more confident)When you’ve had an accident, it takes a while to build up your confidence again.havetaketo dent/shake/undermine sb’s confidence (=to make someone feel less confident)A bad experience like that can dent your confidence.to destroy/shatter sb’s confidenceWhen she failed her degree, it shattered her confidence.failshatternouns + confidencea lack of confidenceI used to try and hide my lack of confidence.use |
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