confidence /ˈkɔnfidəns/ n. ［u］ 1. 信赖，自信，信心，相信：appreciate this confidence 感激这种信任；continue one’s confidence in the future 对未来继续抱有信心；kill one’s confidence 使某人丧失信心；lack confidence in… 对…缺乏信心；put too much confidence in… 对…太相信；say sth. with great confidence 充满自信地说… My confidence in medicine has been completely shaken. 我对药物的信心完全动摇了。He has the confidence to deny it. 他竟有胆量否认它。［考句］We need a chairman in whom everyone has confidence.我们需要一个每个人都抱有信心的主席。2. 用于习语 take …into one’s confidence（由于信任）共享秘密：I should never have taken him into my confidence.我本不应该把什么事情都告诉他。in confidence私底下，秘密地：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？
confident /ˈkɔnfidənt/ adj. 有信心，自信的（跟从句或介词短语）：We are hopefully confident that we can overcome the difficulties. 我们满怀希望相信能够克服困难。I am confident in him. 我对他有信心。We are confident of our success. 我们确信能获得成功。We are confident in saying that… 我们可以有把握地说… I am not very confident about tonight's game.我对今晚的比赛不是很有把握。
