confidence

【发音】

美 /'kɑnfɪdəns/ 英 /'kɒnfɪd(ə)ns/

【翻译】

1. n.信任；信赖；信心

   英释:the feeling that you can trust someone or something to be good, work well, or produce good results

【记忆】

con(表加强) ＋ fid(相信) ＋ ence → 信任， 自信

【短语】

1. confidence in : 对……信任

2. with confidence : 满怀信心地

3. consumer confidence : 消费信任度

4. have confidence in : 对…有信心

5. confidence level : 置信级；可信度；信赖水准；置信水平（等于confidence coefficient）

6. investor confidence : 投资信心；投资者信任

7. confidence interval : 置信区间，可靠区间

8. in confidence : 秘密地

9. business confidence : 经营信心，商业信心

10. build confidence : 树立信心

11. degree of confidence : 可信度，置信度；信赖度

12. crisis of confidence : 信任危机

13. vote of confidence : 信任票；赞同；支持

14. consumer confidence index : 消费者信心指数

15. level of confidence : 信心程度；置信水平

16. confidence limit : 置信界限；置信限度

17. vote of no confidence : 不信任投票

18. confidence probability : 置信概率，信赖机率

19. confidence trick : 骗局；欺诈

20. give one's confidence to : 信任，信赖

【例句】

1. Public confidence in the government is at an all-time low.

   公众对政府的信任度处于有史以来的最低点。

【真题例句】

1. (2017.6 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...Leah gained confidence by laying out her fears and confronting them directly...

2. (2015.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...Agreeable people boost your confidence and allow you to relax and feel comfortable...

3. (2014.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 写作题)...I finally gained the confidence and passed the exam...

4. (2013.6 • CET4 • 第一套 • 写作题)...they can hardly seize them because of the lack of experience and confidence stems from doing small things...

5. (2011.12 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...Cheating undermines confidence and independence: the cheater is a fraud...

6. (2009.12 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...confidence and intelligence will go a long way in changing an image that’s been around for far too long...

【同、近义词】

1. n.信心；信任；秘密

   faith/trust/secret/privacy/hope/

【同根词】

1. adj

   confidential : 机密的；表示信任的；获信任的

   confident : 自信的；确信的

2. adv

   confidently : 自信地；安心地

   confidentially : 秘密地；作为心腹话地

   confidingly : 信任地

3. vi

   confide : 信赖；吐露秘密

4. vt

   confide : 吐露；委托