confide

英 [k?n'fa?d] 美[k?n'fa?d]

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第三人稱單數(shù):?confides;過去式:?confided;過去分詞:?confided;現(xiàn)在分詞:?confiding;

confide 吐露

con-, 強(qiáng)調(diào)。-fid, 信任，詞源同faith, fiance. 即信任的人，可以吐露隱私的人。

confide: confide: [15] To confide in somebody is literally to ‘put one’s trust or faith’ in them. The word comes from the Latin compound verb confidere, which was formed from the intensive prefix com- and fidere ‘trust’. This was a derivative of fides ‘trust’ (whence English faith). Confidant [16] and confidence [15] come from the Latin verb’s present participle, confīdēns, in which the secondary notion of ‘self-assurance’ was already present. The abbreviation con for confidence man, confidence trick, etc originated in the USA in the late 19th century.
=> confident, faith
confide (v.): mid-15c., "to trust or have faith," from Latin confidere "to trust in, rely firmly upon, believe" (see confidence). Meaning "to share a secret with" is from 1735; phrase confide in (someone) is from 1888. Related: Confided; confiding.

1. Because she is understanding, people around her confide in her.: 因為她通情達(dá)理, 周圍的人都相信她.

4. It is important that an adolescent boy should have an adult in whom he can confide.: 關(guān)鍵是，青春期的男孩身邊應(yīng)該有一個可以交心的成年人。

5. He still couldn't understand the impulse that had made him confide in Cassandra.: 他仍然難以理解是什么樣的沖動使他向卡桑德拉吐露了秘密。