昂立外语【新概念培训】分享confidence这个词以及形容词confident,在热门美剧House of
Cards Season 1中出现,在Francis和Garrett的对话中就选举票数问题展开,Garrett提到曾经阅读过的一篇报纸上的文章,是关于法案通过的内容。小词confident活跃在美剧的舞台上,也多次出现在我们新二的课文中:
L55 Not a gold mine: In spite of this, many people are confident that’ The Revealer’
may reveal something of value fairly soon.
L69 But not murder: After having been instructed to drive out of town, I began to
acquire confidence.
L88 Trapped in a mine: Though they are running out of food and drink, the men are
cheerful and confident that they will get out soon.
让我们来整理下confidence的用法,词性n.
① 信任,信赖
e.g. This has contributed to the lack of confidence in the police.
② 自信
e.g. The band is on excellent form. and brimming with confidence.
补充词组:tell sb. into confidence 秘密
e.g. We told you all these things in confidence.
派生词:confident adj.
结构:be confident of\about
近义词辨析:
belief: 普通用词,指单纯从主观上的相信,不着重这种相信是否有根据。
confidence: 指对某人某事有充分信心,断定不会使人失望,因而给予信任。
conviction: 多指根据长期交往或实践,对某人某事有了认识和了解后产生的信心和相信,侧重其坚定性。
trust: 强调相信、信任的完全可靠。
Be confident!
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