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con·fi·dence AHD[kŏnʹfĭ-dəns] D.J.[ˈkɒnfɪdəns]K.K.[ˈkɑnfɪdəns]n.（名词）- Trust or faith in a person or thing.信赖：信任某人或某事
- A trusting relationship:信用：信任关系：I took them into my confidence.我对他们很信任
- That which is confided; a secret:私事：秘密的东西；秘密：A friend does not betray confidences.朋友是不会泄露秘密的
- A feeling of assurance that a confidant will keep a secret:信心：确信机密不会泄露的信心：I am telling you this in strict confidence.我告诉你的这件事是因绝对相信你会保守秘密的
- A feeling of assurance, especially of self-assurance.自信：确信的感觉，尤指自信
- The state or quality of being certain:确信：有把握的状态或性质：I have every confidence in your ability to succeed.我对你的成功有绝对把握
adj.（形容词）- Of, relating to, or involving a swindle or fraud:欺诈的：欺骗的、与欺骗有关的或涉及欺骗的：a confidence scheme; a confidence trickster.欺诈的阴谋；欺诈的魔术师
confidence, assurance, aplomb, self-confidence, self-possession- These nouns denote a feeling of emotional security resulting from faith in oneself.这些名词都意味着由于对自己的信心而产生的心理上的安全感。
- Confidence is a firm belief in one's powers, abilities, or capacities: Confidence 是对某人的权力、能力或资格具有的坚定的信任： "You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face" (Eleanor Roosevelt). “每当你经历一次真正的危险，你的力量、勇气和信心就会增加一次” （爱琳娜·罗斯怀特）。
- Assurance even more strongly stresses certainty and can suggest arrogance: Assurance 更加强调把握性甚至暗示傲慢： How can a nonscientist explain an abstruse theory with such assurance?怎么一个非科学家对这一抽象理论的解释如此自信?
- Aplomb implies calm poise: Aplomb 暗示冷静的举止： "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). “这是天生的个性，这一特性赋予一个人可以冷静地 面对总统、将军或任何杰出人物” （沃尔特·怀特曼）。
- Self-confidence stresses trust in one's own self-sufficiency: Self-confidence 强调某人的自我满足： "The most vital quality a soldier can possess is self-confidence, utter, complete and bumptious" (George S. Patton). “一个士兵所拥有的最重要的品格是自信、果断、彻底和骄傲” （乔治·S·巴顿）。
- Self-possession implies composure arising from control over one's own reactions: Self-possession 暗示通过控制自己的反应而表现出的镇静： "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 “生活中礼貌和镇静…是正常心理对人的有理智的印象，不论情感如何混乱与麻木，礼貌和镇静都不应该忘记” （威廉姆·巴特勒·耶茨） 参见同义词 trust
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