confide
英 [kən'faɪd]
美[kən'faɪd]
- vt. 吐露；委托
- vi. 信赖；吐露秘密
词态变化
第三人称单数: confides;过去式: confided;过去分词: confided;现在分词: confiding;
中文词源
confide 吐露
con-, 强调。-fid, 信任，词源同faith, fiance. 即信任的人，可以吐露隐私的人。
英英释意
- 1. reveal in private; tell confidentially
- 2. confer a trust upon;
- "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"
- "I commit my soul to God"
英文词源
- confide
- confide: [15] To confide in somebody is literally to ‘put one’s trust or faith’ in them. The word comes from the Latin compound verb confidere, which was formed from the intensive prefix com- and fidere ‘trust’. This was a derivative of fides ‘trust’ (whence English faith). Confidant [16] and confidence [15] come from the Latin verb’s present participle, confīdēns, in which the secondary notion of ‘self-assurance’ was already present. The abbreviation con for confidence man, confidence trick, etc originated in the USA in the late 19th century.
=> confident, faith - confide (v.)
- mid-15c., "to trust or have faith," from Latin confidere "to trust in, rely firmly upon, believe" (see confidence). Meaning "to share a secret with" is from 1735; phrase confide in (someone) is from 1888. Related: Confided; confiding.
同义词辨析
believe, trust, confide, rely
这些动词均含有"相信，信任"之意。
believe： 普通用词，常表示一种缓和、不太肯定的口气。
trust： 指绝对相信或信赖某人。
confide： 侧重忠诚可靠与可信赖。
rely： 指在相信的基础上可进一步依靠，着重可靠性。
考试真题
- He could not confide them even to his wife, although they provide the unacknowledged foundation of his fiction.
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实用场景例句
- She confided all her secrets to her best friend.
- 她向她最要好的朋友倾吐了自己所有的秘密。
牛津词典
- He confided to me that he had applied for another job.
- 他向我透露他已申请另一份工作。
牛津词典
- It is important to have someone you can confide in.
- 有一位心腹知己很重要。
牛津词典
- I knew she had some fundamental problems in her marriage because she had confided in me a year earlier...
- 我知道她的婚姻存在一些根本性的问题，早在一年前她就向我倾诉过。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He confided to me that he felt like he was being punished...
- 他向我诉说他觉得自己像是在受罚。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- You can confide in her good faith.
- 你可以信任她的忠诚.
期刊摘选
- Do you confide in our ability to do this work?
- 你相信我们干得了这件工作 吗 ?
辞典例句
- There is no one here I can confide in.
- 这里没有一个我可以信赖的人.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- You are the last person I'd confide in!
- 你是我最不信任的人!
期刊摘选
- Don't confide any relatives whom you know have a tendency to meddle in other people's affairs.
- 要是你知道某某亲戚有干涉别人的习惯,不要向他吐露心声.
期刊摘选
- Jone felt she could only confide in her mother.
- 琼觉得她只有向她妈妈倾吐心中的秘密.
期刊摘选
- I only confide in those whom I can trust.
- 我仅信赖我能相信的人.
期刊摘选
- I confide absolutely in his honesty.
- 我绝对信任他的忠实可靠.
期刊摘选
- Can I confide in his honesty?
- 我能相信他是诚实可靠的 吗 ?
辞典例句
- Nowadays girls seldom confide in their mothers.
- 现在的女孩很少对母亲吐露心事.
期刊摘选
- I confide in him and he has never deceived me.
- 我信赖他,他从来没有欺骗过我.
期刊摘选
- Two days without food, no shelter, nobody to confide in and nobody to trust.
- 两天都没有食物, 没有住所, 任何人可以信赖和信任的人.
期刊摘选
- Can I confide my children to your care?
- 托你照顾一下我的孩子好 吗 ?
期刊摘选
- She could confide to him her alarm and uneasiness for her brother.
- 她可以向他吐露她为自己的哥哥感到的惊恐不安.
辞典例句
- Keep your wits about you and be sure that you can trust those you confide.
- 保持机敏,向那些你信得过的人倾诉.
期刊摘选
- Don't confide in him, because he blabs.
- 不要对他推心置腹, 他喜欢乱讲话.
期刊摘选
- I confide a secret to a friend.
- 向朋友吐露密秘.
期刊摘选
- She did bring herself , finally, to confess, and to confide in me.
- 最后她自己招认了, 而且向我吐露了 衷曲.
辞典例句
- We confide in each other and I trust her more than anyone else.
- 我们分享彼此的秘密,我对她比对任何人都信任.
期刊摘选
- Confide in Madame Defarge.
- 相信德伐日太太吧.
期刊摘选
- I have been searching for someone to whom I could confide the boy and this.
- 我一直在寻找一个能够把孩子和这个东西托付给他的人.
期刊摘选
- I confide my property to your care.
- 我将财产托你照管.
期刊摘选
- Keep your distance. Be friendly but not over - familiar. Don't confide intimate details to your colleagues.
- 保持距离, 友好却不要太亲近,不要向同事袒露太私人的生活细节.
期刊摘选
- Because she is understanding, people around her confide in her.
- 因为她通情达理, 周围的人都相信她.
《简明英汉词典》
- We confide in his abilities.
- 我们相信他是有能力的.
《简明英汉词典》