confidence

漢語翻譯

n. 信心
【電】 可靠
相關詞組:
take sb into one's confidence
be in sb's confidence
in confidence
have confidence in sb

詞意辨析：

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，不著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，著重以聲譽為信任的基礎。
trust: 強調相信、信任的完全可靠。

belief, faith, trust, confidence

都含有“相信”的意思。
belief: 指“承認某事是真的, 儘管有或沒有確鑿的證據”。

• belief in ghosts.
  相信有鬼。

faith: 指“認為有確鑿證據或道理而完全相信”。

• i have faith in his ability to succeed.
  我相信他有成功的能力。

trust: 指“信賴”、“信任”, 含有“堅定的信念”的意思,。

• enjoy the trust of the people
  得到人民的信任。

confidence: 指“在有證據的基礎上相信”, 也常指“自信”、“有把握”。

• she has great confidence in her success.
  她對自己的成功充滿信心。

英文解釋：

名詞 confidence:

1. freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
   同義詞：assurance, self-assurance, self-confidence, authority, sureness
2. a feeling of trust (in someone or something)
3. a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable
4. a trustful relationship
   同義詞：trust
5. a secret that is confided or entrusted to another

例句：

1. He possesses the quality of inspiring confidence.
   他有本事能讓別人信任他。
2. She has great confidence in her success.
   她充分自信自己能成功。
3. The servant enjoyed his master's confidence.
   這僕人深得主人的信賴。
4. The two girls told each other confidences about their boyfriends.
   這兩個姑娘相互談了關於各自男友的悄悄話。

詳細解釋：

con.fi.dence

n.（名詞）
Trust or faith in a person or thing.
信賴：信任某人或某事
A trusting relationship:
信用：信任關係：
例句：
I took them into my confidence.
我對他們很信任

That which is confided; a secret:
私事：秘密的東西；秘密：
例句：
A friend does not betray confidences.
朋友是不會泄露秘密的

A feeling of assurance that a confidant will keep a secret:
信心：確信機密不會泄露的信心：
例句：
I am telling you this in strict confidence.
我告訴你的這件事是因絕對相信你會保守秘密的

A feeling of assurance, especially of self-assurance.
自信：確信的感覺，尤指自信
The state or quality of being certain:
確信：有把握的狀態或性質：
例句：
I have every confidence in your ability to succeed.
我對你的成功有絕對把握

adj.（形容詞）
Of, relating to, or involving a swindle or fraud:
欺詐的：欺騙的、與欺騙有關的或涉及欺騙的：
例句：
a confidence scheme; a confidence trickster.
欺詐的陰謀；欺詐的魔術師

<參考辭彙><同義詞>confidence,assurance,aplomb,self-confidence,self-possessionThese nouns denote a feeling of emotional security resulting from faith in oneself.
這些名詞都意味著由於對自己的信心而產生的心理上的安全感。
Confidence is a firm belief in one`s powers, abilities, or capacities:
Confidence 是對某人的權力、能力或資格具有的堅定的信任：
例句：
.You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. (Eleanor Roosevelt).
.每當你經歷一次真正的危險，你的力量、勇氣和信心就會增加一次. （愛琳娜·羅斯懷特）。

Assurance even more strongly stresses certainty and can suggest arrogance:
Assurance 更加強調把握性甚至暗示傲慢：
例句：
How can a nonscientist explain an abstruse theory with such assuranceô
怎么一個非科學家對這一抽象理論的解釋如此自信ô

Aplomb implies calm poise:
Aplomb 暗示冷靜的舉止：
例句：
.It is native personality, and that alone, that endows a man to stand before presidents or generals, or in any distinguished collection, withaplomb . (Walt Whitman).
.這是天生的個性，這一特性賦予一個人可以冷靜地 面對總統、將軍或任何杰出人物. （沃爾特·懷特曼）。

Self-confidence stresses trust in one`s own self-sufficiency:
Self-confidence 強調某人的自我滿足：
例句：
.The most vital quality a soldier can possess is self-confidence, utter, complete and bumptious. (George S. Patton).
.一個士兵所擁有的最重要的品格是自信、果斷、徹底和驕傲. （喬治·S·巴頓）。

Self-possession implies composure arising from control over one`s own reactions:
Self-possession 暗示通過控制自己的反應而表現出的鎮靜：
例句：
.In life courtesy and self-possession . . . are the sensible impressions of the free mind, for both arise . . .from never being swept away, whatever the emotion, into confusion or dullness. (William Butler Yeats).See also Synonyms at trust
.生活中禮貌和鎮靜…是正常心理對人的有理智的印象，不論情感如何混亂與麻木，禮貌和鎮靜都不應該忘記. （威廉姆·巴特勒·耶茨）參見同義詞 trust