confide

C1 CET-6 大学 FREQ #14908 ★☆☆☆☆

vt. 吐露, 委托 vi. 信赖

发音

其它 /kənˈfaɪd/

词形变化

confided confides 三单 confides confideth confiding confiding 现在分词 confided 过去式 confided 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

吐露；委托

动词

信赖；吐露秘密

释义与例句

v. C1
  1. 1.

    To trust, have faith (in).

    古体 不及物
  2. 2.

    To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone.

    过时 及物

    I confide this mission to you alone.

  3. 3.

    To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with.

    委托

    不及物

    I could no longer keep this secret alone; I decided to confide in my brother.

  4. 4.

    To say (something) in confidence.

    不及物 及物

    After several drinks, I confided my problems to the barman.

    She confided that her marriage had been in trouble for some time.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 4

trust commit entrust intrust

上位词 10

give hand break pass reach reveal discover expose uncover disclose

下位词 7

charge relieve commend consign obligate recommit unbosom

相关短语

confide in 信任

词源

From Middle Scots confide, confyde (“to put trust in”), from Latin confīdere (“to put trust in, have confidence in”), from con- (“together”) + fidēre (“to trust”). First attested in English use in the early 17th century. Doublet of faith and fidelity.

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