C〇n-fi-dence /'konfidans; NAmE'kam-/ noun
►
BELIEF IN OTHERS 对他人-的信心 1
[U]〜（in sb/sth) the
feeling that you can trust,
believe in and be sure about the abilities or good qualities of sb/sth 信心;'信.任 v'
信 赖：77ie pZayers aZZ have
con/ldence in their manager. 队员都信鈿地们的教练。◊ A /aH fn unemptoyment vvi'H hdp to restore
consumer confidence.:失业人数的下降会有 助手恢复消费者的信心。◊ a Zacfc qf
ccm_/iide/ice in the government 对政府“乏信任.◊
77ie new. contracts have undermined the con_/iicience 〇/employees.新的合同动播了 雇员们.的.信心,。Uhe has every conjiideMce in her students’abilities•她完全相信她学生的能;一see also
VOTE
OF CONFIDENCE, VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE
►
BELIEF IN YOURSELF 对 ft的佶心 2 [U] a belief in your
own ability to do things
and be successful 自信心；把 握：He answered t/ie
qyesrions with con戶dence.他有把 握地.回答了 那些问.题。◊ o/iten
lose con_/Wence
when t/zey are criticized.人受到批评时经常会失去信心。
<> He gained confidence when he went to college.
学:后增强了 自信。◊ She suffers 介om a kicfc 〇/ conji- dence•她深受缺乏自信心之苦。〇抓如容卜/5如(^〇)咕- dence,
boys often overestimate their abilities.
乏自信，而男孩贝ij往往会高估自己的能力。didn’t have any
con/iidence in mysei/at school•我在学校时对自
己毫无信心。
►
FEELING CERTAIN，感到有把抿 3 [U] the feeling that you
乓re (ertain about sth 把握；肯定：77iey couZd not say with confidence that he would, be able to walk again a_/ter the accident.他们.不能肯定他经过那场事故后还能行
走。〇 He
expressed his confidence that they would win. 他表示了自己.的信心：他们必定取胜。
►
TRUST 信■任 4.[u】.a
feeling of .抑st that sb will keep
information private (对某人会保守秘密的）信任，* 赖：Eva told me about their relationship in confidence. 伊娃对我透露了他们俩昤关系这个秘密。◊ 77iis is in the
strictest .con/idence.这事切勿外，传。々 toofc
a 〖ong time to gain her
confidence (= make her feel she could trust me).我花了很长的时间才贏得她的信任。
►
A SEtRET 秘密 5 [C] (/bmjfl/) a:secret
that you tell sb (向某人透露的}秘密，机癀：The girls exchanged
cor^dences.女孩子们相互吐露自芑的心事。◊ J couZd never forgive Mike for
betraying a confidence. M ^ 了秘密，我决不会饶恕他。
IT»!?ni he in sb^
confidence to
be trusted with sb7s secrets受某人丨言任；；4某人的心腹：He is said to be very much in the President’s
confidence.据说他深受总统的債
任.〇 take sb into your
confidence to
tell sb secrets and personal information about yourself 向某人，吐露内
心秘密.（或隐私 > :She took me into her confidence and toh me
about the probZems she was/acing.她把我当成知
己，把她面临的种种难题都向我和盘托出。
'confidence trick (6r£) {NAmE, confidence game) noun (format) =
con
'confidence trickster noun {BrE, formal) a person who tricks
others into giving him or her money, etc.行骗
着；，子
C：〇n.fi.dent 〇""/_kDnfidant;
/S/Amf _ka:n-/ g办
1
feeling sure about your own
ability to do things and be successful咱信的；有自信心的：She was in a rdaxed，con_/iident mood. ▲的心态众容而自信。.◊ 77ie teacher wants the children to feel confident about
asking questions
when they don’t understand•教师要孩子们遇到
禾懂的问题就大适提问。一see also self-confident
2
~ of sth | 〜that ... feeling certain that
sth will happen in the way that you want or expect 肯定的；确 信的；肴抱握的：J’m co—dent that you wiH
get t/ie job. 我肯定你能得到那份工e ◊抑e team /eek coniWent 〇/ vW/im’ng.谆个队罈得#把握取胜。note at pure ► con-fi-dent-|y adv.
con-fi-den-tial/.kDnfi'denJl;,ka:n-/〇〇[/. 1 meant to be kept secret and not told to or
shared with other people机密的；保密的；秘密的：con/MentiaZ in/ormation/documents 机密情报 / 文件◊ Yioi/r mecHcd records are strictly
confidential (= completely secret). 你的病历是绝对保密的。2 (of a way of speaking说佘 的方式}. showing
that what you are saying is private or secret 隐密的；秘密的：.He spofce fn a
con月dentiai
tone, his voice tow.他低声用隐密的语气说话。3 [only before noun] trusted with private or secret
information 受信任的；委以机密的：a con/identid secretary机 要秘书：► con.fi.den.tial.丨y /-Jali/ adv. : She toid
me con/identiaiZy t/rnt she is going .to retire earZy•她私.下‘告 诉我，要提号退作^
con.fi.den.tial.ity /,krnifi,denji.aelati;
NAmE ,ka:n-/ noun [U] a situation in which
you expect sb to keep information secret 保密性；.机:密性：They signed a
:con_/iidentia〖ify
agreement.他们签署了一份保导机密的协
议-。〇 All letters will be
treated with complete confidentiality.
con-fid-ing /kan'faidii]/ adj. [usually before noun]
showing trust; showing that you want to tell sb a secret 信任 的；丨隹心置腹的:a con月ding reZatiorwhip可以推心置腹
► con fid ing ly adv.
con-fig-uration /kan.figa'reijn; NAmE -.figja'r-/ noun
►
(formal or technical 7|ti#) an arrangement of
the parts of sth or a group of things; the form or shape that this arrangement
produces布局；结构；构造；格局；形状
►
{computing if) the equipment and
programs that form a computer system and the way that these are set up to run 计算机的）配置
con-fig-ure /ken'figeir'j; NAmE -'figjar/ verb [VN] [usually passive] (technical 7ft i§) to arrange sth in
a particular way, especially computer equipment; to make equipment or software
woric in the way that the user prefers (按特定方式•)安置；（尤指对计算机设备进行）配置；
对4,备或软件进行）设定
C〇n-fine O-w /kan'fain/ verb [WN]
1 ~ sb/sth to sth [often passive] to keep
sb/sth inside the limits of a particular activity, subject, area, etc..限制；
限定 restrict： The work will not be confined to the Giosgow area.此项工作不会局限于格拉斯哥地区。◊ I will confine myself
to looking at the period from 1900 to 1916•我将把自己考察的范围限定在1900年至1916年 这段时间以内。2 ~ sb/sth
(in sth) [usually passive] to keep a person or an animal in a small or closed
space 监禁；禁闭：ifeep the dog con/ined
in a suitabZe traveZ- Zt’ng cage.把狗关A适于旅行的笼子里。◊ Here the river &
con/ined in a narrow channd.这条河在这里流入狭窄
.的河床 p 〇 The
soldiers concerned were confined to barracks (= had to stay in the barracks, as a punish- ment)右关的士兵已受到不得离开营房的禁闭处分。3 be confined to bed, a
wheelchair, etc. to have to stay in bed, in a wheelchair,
etc•使惫不开（或聋困于床、轮
椅等:）：S/ie was co/i/ined to
bed with the_/Zu.她因患流
感卧病在床。.◊ He was
conjiined to a w/ie.eZchair the accide卩t.痉过那场事故后他就离不开轮椅了。
COn-finCCi 0^
/kan'faind/
adj. [usuaHy before noun]
(of a space or an area 空间.或地故)■
small and surrounded by walls or sides 狭窄 而围起来的： ft
is cruei to keep animak in con/ined spaces.把动物关在狹小的空间
里是g酷的。
con-fine-ment /kan'fainmant/ noun 1
[u]
the state of being forced to stay in a closed space, prison, etc., the act of
putting sb there 禁闭；.监禁；关神：her confine- ment to a vvheefchair半幸為不句:命椅对的束缚◊ years
o/con/Knement as a poZiticaZpmoner.#为政治犯被监禁
兩岁月■ —see also
SOLITARY CONFINEMENT 2 iu, cj (formal or old-fashioned) the time when a woman
gives Birth to a baby .分挽；产期：the expected date 〇/ confinement 〇 a hospital/home
confinement ^
医院/家中分娩
con-fines /'kDnfainz; NAmE 'ka:n-/ noun [pi.] (formal)
limits
or borders 范自；界限；边為■: Jt is beyond
the Corines 0/human /cnow〖edige.这M i 7 人类的知识范围。
◊ the
confines o//amiHy h/e 家庭生活的范围
con firm CHw/kanf3:m; NAmE -'f3：rm/ verb 1 to state or show that
sth is definitely true or correct, especially by providing evidence (允A提供证据来）证 实，证明，确认：[VN] Rumours 〇/job
Zosses were kiter con力Vmed.義员的备言•后来得到了证实。◊ His gui办 eApressi'on con/irmed my
suspicions•他内疚的表情证实 T
我■的猜疑。◊ Piease write to con_/?rm
your reservation (=say that it is definite).预订后请来函确认。◊ [V (that)】 Has everyone confirmed
(Wiat) they’re coming?他彳是木 是每个人都肯定ik一定会来？ ◊
[V wh-]