【confidence】 - SAT备考词汇

confidence

UK:  ['kɒnfɪd(ə)ns]

US:  ['kɑnfɪdəns]

复数：confidences  

n.

1.自信,自信心;有信心

2.自信,确信;自恃

3.〔统〕置信度,可靠程度

4.信念;信任感;信誉,信用

5.信任,信赖

6.确信;放心;大胆;胆量

7.(偷偷吐露的)秘密,心事

8.心事,隐情;知心话,心腹话

9.(多指怀恶意的)胆量;厚脸,无耻

10.坦率,说体己话,有意深谈,毫不介意,诉说衷曲

adj.

1.骗得信任的,欺诈的

1 . Indeed, the book gives a strong sense of the confidence of the technocratic elite in India's performance and prospects.
事实上，这本书让人强烈感觉到，专家型政治精英们对印度经济现状和前景充满了信心。

2 . The mutual confidence required to make such a system work seems to have evaporated.
让这样一个体系正常运作所必需的相互信心，似乎已蒸发了。

3 . Felipe, your best result ever at the last Grand Prix, how does that affect you in terms of your spirit and your confidence?
菲利普，上一场大奖赛中你拿到了自己有史以来的最好成绩。这在勇气和自信心上对你有了怎样的影响？

4 . "We will continue to work with you to have consumer confidence in that matter. We want there to be consumer confidence in American beef. "
“在此问题上，我们将共同努力以增进贸易互信，也希望你们对美国牛肉消费抱有信心”。

5 . He said he has more confidence in Mr. Zardari than in the previous Pakistani president, Pervez Musharraf.
他说，他对扎尔达里比对巴基斯坦上一任总统穆沙拉夫更有信心。