confidence

【发音】

美 /'kɑnfɪdəns/ 英 /'kɒnfɪd(ə)ns/

【翻译】

1. n.私房话，秘密，机密

   英释:a secret or a piece of information that is private or personal

【记忆】

con(表加强) ＋ fid(相信) ＋ ence → 信任 → 因为信任，愿意分享秘密 → 秘密

【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. I have never betrayed a confidence.

   我从未泄露过别人的秘密。

2. They spent their evenings drinking wine and sharing confidences.

   晚上他们就喝喝酒，说说知心话。

【真题例句】

1. (2016.6 • CET6 • 第二套 • 听力题)...But the boost in investor confidence needed for the plan to work will take time...

2. (2015.12 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...and professors who all provided significant support for students who lacked confidence about "belonging" at such a top institution...

3. (2014.6 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...But this vote of confidence in Oprah sends a troubling message at precisely the time when American universities need to do more to advance the cause of reason...

4. (2013.6 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...finds the initial blow to confidence far greater now than then...

5. (2013.6 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...A shattering loss of confidence inspires behavior that overwhelms the normal self-correcting mechanisms that usually prevent a recession from becoming deep and prolonged: a depression...

6. (2013.6 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...there is medium confidence that there has an overall slight tendency toward less dryness...

7. (2012.12 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...confidence among those who intend to buy a car this year is at its lowest since it began collecting data on this measure in 2000...

8. (2012.12 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...But some economists warn that consumer confidence is falling...

9. (2012.12 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...But some economists say that confidence among car buyers is hitting new lows...

10. (2011.12 • CET6 • • 阅读理解)...they should share their expertise in order to build greater confidence in the sector...

【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