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confidant

/kon-fi-dant, -dahnt, -duhnt, kon-fi-dant, -dahnt/US // ˈkɒn fɪˌdænt, -ˌdɑnt, -dənt, ˌkɒn fɪˈdænt, -ˈdɑnt //UK // (ˌkɒnfɪˈdænt, ˈkɒnfɪˌdænt) //

心腹,蓝颜知己,心腹大患,心腹之患

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a close friend or associate to whom secrets are confided or with whom private matters and problems are discussed.

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Examples

  • Some of Giuliani’s closest allies and confidants have not been shy about attacking other conservative leaders for refusing to swoop in during the attorney’s time of need.

  • Chris Cuomo has long been a key confidant of his brother, regularly advising him about politics, according to people who know both men.

  • Abdullah’s regime said Hamzah was in cahoots with Bassem Awadallah, a former finance minister and longtime confidant of the king, and Sharif Hassan bin Zaid, another royal family figure, to target “the security and stability of the nation.”

  • The Viennese psychoanalyst reported his discovery in a breathless letter to his colleague and confidant, Wilhelm Fliess.

  • We have gathered there as hopeful advocates and confidants when “the boss” was elsewhere.

  • When a top Mobutu confidant named Colonel Alphonse Bangala purchased the island, Lometcha bought shares.

  • A longtime confidant of and lawyer for Lyndon Johnson, Fortas remained a close advisor after joining the Court.

  • Inside was Mandelbaum, her twenty-four-year-old son Julius, and her most trusted confidant, Herman Stoude.

  • Otis Moss, Jr., the noted African-American civil rights leader and confidant of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., concurred.

  • If the President went through with the appointment, he was counting on his confidant to bust open those particular X-Files.

  • He was at once banker and confidant of most of the Indians who were getting ahead in agriculture and stock-raising.

  • When M. George Spero was announced, she felt that an unknown friend, almost a confidant, had arrived.

  • The king and his confidant sprang ashore and walked quickly in the direction of the Pre-aux-Clercs.

  • She had wanted to make a confidant of her relative, and had decided that nothing could be more unwise.

  • "I was well advised in not making you my confidant sooner, if this is how you take it," cried Miss Chressham angrily.