confide
英 [k?n'fa?d]美[k?n'fa?d]
- vt. 吐露;委托
- vi. 信賴;吐露秘密
低頻詞CET6+TEM8GRETOEFL擴展詞匯
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?confides;過去式:?confided;過去分詞:?confided;現在分詞:?confiding;
中文詞源
confide 吐露
con-, 強調。-fid, 信任,詞源同faith, fiance. 即信任的人,可以吐露隱私的人。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Because she is understanding, people around her confide in her.
- 因為她通情達理, 周圍的人都相信她.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. There is no one here I can confide in.
- 這里沒有一個我可以信賴的人.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 3. We confide in his abilities.
- 我們相信他是有能力的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. It is important that an adolescent boy should have an adult in whom he can confide.
- 關鍵是,青春期的男孩身邊應該有一個可以交心的成年人。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He still couldn't understand the impulse that had made him confide in Cassandra.
- 他仍然難以理解是什么樣的沖動使他向卡桑德拉吐露了秘密。
來自柯林斯例句