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con·fi·dence /ˈkɒnfɪdəns $ ˈkɑːn-/ ●●● S2 W2 noun
1 feeling SB/STH is good 认为某人/某物好 [uncountableU]TRUST the feeling that you can trust someone or something to be good, work well, or produce good results 信心，信任，信赖
2 belief in yourself 自信 [uncountableU]CONFIDENT the belief that you have the ability to do things well or deal with situations successfully 自信，信心
confidence to do something
3 feeling STH is true 感觉某事确实 [uncountableU]BELIEVE the feeling that something is definite or true 确信，坚信，笃信
say/speak/predict etc with confidence
4 keep information secret 对信息保密 [uncountableU] if you tell someone something in confidence, you tell them something on the understanding that they will not tell anyone else 秘密，机密 → confide
in strict/the strictest confidence
5 take somebody into your confidence to tell someone your secrets or private or personal details about your life 将秘密告诉某人
Elsa took me into her confidence and told me about some of the problems she was facing.
埃尔莎向我吐露心事，跟我说了她面临的一些问题。
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take somebody into your confidence• Not that she had made up her mind about taking Bridget into her confidence - she would leave that decision until later.• Disclosing information Give others nuggets of information about yourself and take them into your confidence.• Use you, yes, but take you into his confidence?• He is for ever telling us what he will do and why, for ever taking us into his confidence.• At first she thought she might take Leo into her confidence.• One of the best ways of doing this is to take children into our confidence.• I want to take you into my confidence.• Draw the children to you; take them into your confidence.
6 a secret 秘密 [countableC]SECRET a secret or a piece of information that is private or personal 知心话；秘密
→ vote of confidence, vote of no confidenceshare/exchange confidences
COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 1: the feeling that you can trust someone or something to be good, work well, or produce good results 信心，信任，信赖
verbs
have confidence in somebody/something 信任某人/某事物
The people no longer have any confidence in their government.
人民已不再信任政府。
lose confidence in somebody/something 对某人/某事物失去信心
Employees are losing confidence in the company.
员工逐渐对公司失去信心。
gain/win somebody’s confidence 得到/赢得某人的信任
As team captain, he soon won the confidence of the players.
当队长后，他很快就赢得了队员的信任。
inspire confidence (=make people have confidence) 激发信心
Our education system should inspire public confidence.
我们的教育体系应该激发民众的信心。
restore confidence (=make people have confidence again) 恢复信心
Interest rate reductions would restore business confidence.
降低利率将恢复企业信心。
boost confidence (=make people have more confidence) 增强信心
nThe government is keen to boost consumer confidence and spending.
shake somebody’s confidence (=make them have less confidence) 动摇某人的信心
nThe stock market fall has shaken the confidence of investors.
nundermine/damage/weaken somebody’s confidence (=make someone have less confidence)
The situation in the US was undermining foreign confidence in the dollar.
ndestroy/shatter confidence in somebody/something
phrasesA further crisis has destroyed public confidence in the bank.
have every/complete/absolute confidence in somebody/something 绝对信任某人/某事物
A manager must be able to have complete confidence in his staff.
经理必须能够绝对信任员工。
a lack of confidence 缺乏信任
nthe public’s lack of confidence in the National Health Service
a crisis of confidence (=a situation in which people no longer trust a government, system etc) 信任危机,信心危机
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + confidencenthe crisis of confidence over food safety
public confidence 民众的信心
The changes should improve public confidence in the system.
这些改革应该能够提高民众对这个制度的信心。
consumer confidence (=that ordinary people have when the economic situation is good) 消费者信心
Consumer confidence has fallen to its lowest for two years.
消费者信心跌至两年来的最低谷。
business confidence (=that businesses have when the economic situation is good) 企业信心，商业信心
nThe region has gained 46,000 jobs and business confidence is high.
investor confidence (=that investors have when the economic situation is good) 投资信心，投资者信心
nA fall in the value of shares damages investor confidence.
n THESAURUS
confidence the feeling that you have the ability to do things well, and to not make mistakes or be nervous in new situations
You need patience and confidence to be a good teacher.
| have the confidence to do something‘We have the confidence to beat Brazil, ’ said Sampson.
After the accident it took a long time before she had the confidence to get back in a car again.
| full of confidence (=very confident)I went into the test full of confidence, but it was more difficult than I had imagined.
self-confidence a strong belief that you can do things well and that other people will like you, which means you behave confidently in most situations
He’s new in the job but he has plenty of self-confidence.
Studies show that girls tend to lose some of their self-confidence in their teenage years.
Students who get some kind of work experience develop greater self-confidence and better communication skills.
morale the level of confidence, satisfaction, and hope that people feel, especially a group of people who work together: low/high morale
Morale among the soldiers has been low.
| keep up morale (=keep it at a high level)They sang songs to keep up their morale until the rescuers arrived.
assurance/self-assurance a feeling of calm confidence in your own abilities, especially because you have a lot of experience
She envied the older woman’s assurance.
Danby spoke to the committee with the self-assurance of an expert.
COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: the belief that you have the ability to do things well or deal with situations successfully 自信，信心
verbs
have confidence 有自信
Young teenagers often don’t have a lot of confidence.
青少年往往不够自信。
be full of confidence 充满自信
The team are full of confidence.
球队充满自信。
nbrim with confidence (=be full of it)
Clive walked into the room, brimming with confidence as usual.
nexude/radiate confidence (=show it in a very noticeable way)
As the leader, you have to exude confidence and authority.
lack/be lacking in confidence 缺乏自信
She lacked the confidence to talk to people.
她缺乏与人交谈的信心。
lose (your) confidence 失去信心
He’d been out of work for six months and had lost all his confidence.
他失业六个月，完全失去了信心。
give somebody confidence 给某人信心
I had really good teachers who gave me a lot of confidence in myself.
我有非常好的老师，他们给了我很大的自信。
gain confidence (also grow/gain in confidence) (=become more confident) 增加自信
nPaul did well in the job and gained a lot of confidence.
boost/increase somebody’s confidence (=make someone feel more confident) 增强某人的自信心
nOne of my stories was published, which really boosted my confidence.
build up somebody’s confidence (=gradually increase it) 建立某人的自信心
nWhen you’ve had an accident, it takes a while to build up your confidence again.
undermine somebody’s confidence (=gradually reduce it) 损害某人的信心
nHis constant criticism was undermining my confidence.
dent/shake somebody’s confidence (=make it less strong) 削弱/动摇某人的信心
nA bad experience like that can dent your confidence.
destroy/shatter somebody’s confidence 摧毁某人的自信
nWhen she failed her degree, it shattered her confidence.
somebody’s confidence grows/increases 某人的信心增强
nnounsnSince she started her new school, her confidence has grown a lot.
a confidence boost
They offered me the job immediately, which was a real confidence boost.
confidence building (=making it develop)
phrasesTraining for a big match is all about confidence building.
a lack of confidence 缺乏信任
nShe had always suffered from insecurity and a lack of confidence.
na loss of confidence
As people age, they may suffer from a loss of confidence.
Examples from the Corpus
confidence• A professional golfer tries to pull off a confidence trick against his own body.• You need patience and confidence to be a good teacher.• She sensed his waiting for her confidence, but knew he would never pressure her into saying anything she would rather not.• At the present uncertain stage in the economic cycle, the commodity most urgently lacking is confidence.• Opinion polls show that the voters have lost confidence in the administration.• As a result I know I developed much more confidence in my ability and I've pushed my grades up.• The country's highly respected Finance Ministry is facing a crisis of confidence that will be difficult to reverse.• I went into the test full of confidence, but it was more difficult than I had imagined.• An obligation of confidence can arise through contract, either express or implied.• The agency works hard to increase public confidence so that people are not afraid to report racist incidents.• It's obviously very important to build up the consumer's confidence in our product.• The key thing about being a quarterback is that you have to show confidence and lead the team.• I later learned there were some confidences Richard hadn't shared with me.• That confidence was echoed by Peter Scudamore when I spoke to him at Towcester yesterday.• After the accident it took a long time before she had the confidence to get back in a car again.• The new president has the confidence and backing of all of the leaders of the surrounding states.• "We have the confidence to beat Brazil, " said Sampson.
with confidence• How can anyone say with confidence that the worst is over?• Gail can now drive a truck with confidence.
every confidence• We had every confidence in the staff, they seemed so caring and understanding.• The instructor's used to training younger men, but has every confidence in his latest pupil.• Mr. Cousins has every confidence that the two-day meeting with the Community's senior officials will ensure acceptance.• The arrangements are working well and I have every confidence that the job will be completed satisfactorily on time.• We must show the Sports Council that our teachers and Society members have every confidence in the work we are promoting.• We have every confidence in you.• I ve every confidence in our back 4 this year, and the midfield is classy enough to control any match.
breach of confidence• Harman J decided that the injunction restraining a breach of confidence should expire at the same time as a restrictive covenant.• Such a breach of confidence could rebound in all sorts of directions.• Opinions were expressed openly and freely without any breach of confidence.• In part this difficulty may stem from the uncertain legal nature of the action for breach of confidence.• There is no liability for breach of confidence if consent is obtained.• No breach of confidence was alleged but there was said to be a contract not to publish before the report.• You may prefer not to do so because of the risk of breach of confidence or discrimination.• It soon became clear that breach of confidence was actionable perse, and did not require a contractual relationship between the parties.
From Longman Business Dictionary
confidencecon·fi·dence /ˈkɒnfədənsˈkɑːn-/ noun [uncountableU]
1the feeling that you can trust someone or something to do what they say, work properly etc
We have every confidence in the sales and marketing team.
Our top priority is to maintain customer confidence in our product.
→ see also breach of confidence2ECONOMICSthe feeling felt by businesses and investors that the economic situation will not become very bad
→ consumer confidenceEconomic confidence was raised further by trade deregulation and lower interest rates.
Confidence in the housing market stands at a 15-month high.
A report by the Confederation of British Industry says Britain is enjoying the biggest increase in business confidence for ten years.
con·fi·dence noun →COLLOCATIONS1 →COLLOCATIONS2
→n THESAURUS1
→n THESAURUS1
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