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confidence

/kon-fi-duhns/US // ˈkɒn fɪ dəns //UK // (ˈkɒnfɪdəns) //

信心,信任,信念,信赖

Related Words

certainty确定性,确定,确定的,确定无疑poise雅致,雅兴,雅量,雅俗共赏morale士气,斗志,鼓舞士气,道德courage勇气,胆量,勇敢,胆识determination确定,决定,决心,认定tenacity顽强,坚韧不拔,坚韧,坚韧不拔的精神spirit灵魂,灵魂人物,灵魂深处,灵魂的力量assurance保证,确保,保险,保障faith信念,信仰,信心,信任trust信任,信托,相信,信赖hope希望,希望如此,期望,盼望resoluteness坚定不移,果断,坚定性,坚决性heart心,心脏,心灵,心儿self-possession自持力,自持,自持性,自持能力nerve胆量,胆识,胆子,胆大妄为者dash冲刺,冲冲冲,破折号,冲刺一下sureness确信,确定性,肯定,安全性grit砾石,砂砾,砾岩,沙砾presumption推定,假设,假定,推断

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : full trust; belief in the powers, trustworthiness, or reliability of a person or thing: We have every confidence in their ability to succeed.
    • : belief in oneself and one's powers or abilities; self-confidence; self-reliance; assurance: His lack of confidence defeated him.
    • : certitude; assurance: He described the situation with such confidence that the audience believed him completely.
    • : a secret that is confided or imparted trustfully: The friends exchanged many confidences over the years.
    • : the wish to retain an incumbent government in office, as shown by a vote in a particular issue: a vote of confidence.
    • : presumption; impudence: Her disdainful look crushed the confidence of the brash young man.
    • : Archaic. something that gives confidence; ground of trust.

Phrases

  • confidence game
  • in confidence
  • take into one's confidence

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounbelief in oneself
Forms: confidences
Synonyms
assurance保证,确保,保险,保障certainty确定性,确定,确定的,确定无疑courage勇气,胆量,勇敢,胆识determination确定,决定,决心,认定morale士气,斗志,鼓舞士气,道德poise雅致,雅兴,雅量,雅俗共赏spirit灵魂,灵魂人物,灵魂深处,灵魂的力量tenacity顽强,坚韧不拔,坚韧,坚韧不拔的精神aplomb傲视群雄,傲慢无礼,傲慢,傲气backbone骨干力量,骨干,主干,脊梁骨boldness魄力,胆量,勇气,胆识brashness蛮横,野蛮行为,野蛮生长,蛮横无理cool酷,冷却,酷酷的,清凉daring大胆,大胆的,胆大妄为,勇敢的dash冲刺,冲冲冲,破折号,冲刺一下elan埃兰,埃伦,埃朗,埃隆fearlessness无畏的精神,无畏,无所畏惧,无畏精神firmness稳固性,坚固性,坚定性,坚固fortitude毅力,坚忍不拔,坚毅,坚韧不拔grit砾石,砂砾,砾岩,沙砾hardihood坚韧不拔,坚固性,坚韧,坚韧不拔的精神heart心,心脏,心灵,心儿impudence厚颜无耻,傲慢无礼,冒失鬼,大胆intrepidity大无畏,无畏,无畏的精神,无畏精神mettle气概,气质,气度,气魄nerve胆量,胆识,胆子,胆大妄为者pluck采摘,拔掉,摘取,拔取presumption推定,假设,假定,推断reliance倚赖,倚靠,依赖,倚仗resoluteness坚定不移,果断,坚定性,坚决性resolution决议,决议案,决议草案,决议的self-possession自持力,自持,自持性,自持能力self-reliance自力更生,自强不息,自立,自立更生spunk精力充沛,骨架,精神,精力sureness确信,确定性,肯定,安全性élanfaith in oneself对自己的信心,对自己的信任,对自己的信念,对自己的信仰
nounbelief in something
Forms: confidences
Synonyms
assurance保证,确保,保险,保障faith信念,信仰,信心,信任hope希望,希望如此,期望,盼望trust信任,信托,相信,信赖credence信任,信誉,信仰,信心dependence依赖性,依附性,依靠性,依赖关系reliance倚赖,倚靠,依赖,倚仗stock股票,库存,股价,股市store商店,店铺,仓库,存储sure bet肯定的,肯定的选择,肯定是,肯定会的

Examples

  • Put your foot down, and the car plows forward with the confidence of internal combustion.

  • Men, on the other hand, generally tend not to suffer such qualms and, as a result, seem more willing to aspire to challenging positions, with the hope and confidence that they will grow into the job.

  • He was alternately starting and coming off the bench, and whether it was his role or his confidence or something else entirely, things just … weren’t clicking.

  • If their confidence wavers, they’ll pull their money out and stop using the bank.

  • As confidence in government decays because of mismanaged pandemic responses, trust will likely shift to the local level.

  • But locals there say any money deposited is thrown into an unlocked cupboard behind the tellers, hardly inspiring confidence.

  • For his part, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) has expressed his “full confidence” in Representative Scalise.

  • What designer West lacks in productivity, he more than makes up for in pure, unadulterated confidence and blind anger.

  • The FARC has a long way to go to win the confidence of the Colombian people.

  • Mailer would argue, for example, that timidity does more harm to the novelist than donning a mask of extreme self-confidence.

  • With childlike confidence he follows the advice of some more or less honest dealer.

  • We have been in the profession some years, Mr. Pickwick, and have been honoured with the confidence of many excellent clients.

  • She embraced Otteline; and gave him her hand to kiss, with repeated expressions of future confidence in the husband of her friend.

  • Her work is full of life and strength, and her touch shows her confidence in herself and her technical knowledge.

  • Not more than one adult worker in ten—so at least it might with confidence be estimated—is employed on necessary things.

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