詞彙精選:confidence的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
n.
自信,信心
例句:
Toby's confidence heartens his friends.
託比的自信使他的朋友精神大振。
例句:
He was always amazed by her confidence.
他常常對她的自信驚歎不已。
例句:
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
技能和信心是無敵的軍隊。
信賴,信任
例句:
We could repose confidence in his honesty.
我們可以信賴他的誠實。
例句:
He proved himself worthy of confidence.
他的表現說明他值得信賴。
密友,知心人
例句:
He takes Penny into his confidence.
他把佩妮當做知心人。
例句:
His music seems to take us into his confidence and show us the secret places of his heart.
他的音樂好像是把我們當作他的知心人,向我們展示他內心的奧祕。
私下;祕密,知心話
例句:
The old friends exchanged confidences.
老朋友們談了不少知心話。
例句:
The girls exchanged confidences about their boyfriends.
女孩們互訴有關她們男朋友的祕密。
肯定,把握
例句:
Don't meet the risk with brash confidence.
別魯莽而大膽地去冒險。
二、詞義辨析:
belief,faith,confidence,conviction,credit,trust
這些名詞都有“相信,信任”之意。belief普通用詞,指單純從主觀上的相信,不着重這種相信是否有根據。faith語氣較強,強調完全相信;有時也能僅憑感覺產生的相信。confidence指對某人某事有充分信心,斷定不會使人失望,因而給予信任。conviction多指根據長期交往或實踐,對某人某事有了認識和了解後產生的信心和相信,側重其堅定性。credit語氣最弱,着重以聲譽爲信任的基礎。trust強調相信、信任的完全可靠。
三、相關短語:
vote of confidence
信任投票,贊同
with confidence
充滿信心地
confidence game
n. (=confidence trick)(獲得對方信任而後的)欺騙
confidence man
n. 騙子, 詐欺者
confidence trick
n. 騙局, 欺詐
四、參考例句:
They still lacked confidence .
他們信心還不足。
Confidence is transferrable.
自信是可以轉換的。
He lacks confidence in himself.
他缺少自信。
She exuded confidence and energy.
她顯得信心十足,精力充沛。
She built up my confidence.
她樹立了我的信心。
I have confidence in myself.
我對自己有信心。
Over confidence was his destruction.
自負是他垮臺的原因。
Little gestures can give confidence.
細小的表示能使人增強信心。
Confidence can create a miracle.
自信能創造奇蹟。
I have great confidence in my brother.
我很信任我的哥哥。