confident

英 ['kɒnfɪdənt] 美 ['kɒnfədənt]

• adj. 自信的；有信心的；有把握的

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. 确信的,肯定的

   feeling or showing confidence

2. 有信心的,自信的

   feeling or showing trust in oneself or one's ability

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 自信的，有信心的，满怀信心的
2. 确信的，深信的，肯定的，有把握的
3. 大胆的
4. 过于自信的，自负的
5. 沉着的
6. 厚颜无耻的

n. 名词

1. 密友，知己，知心人，心腹

英英释义

Adjective:

1. having or marked by confidence or assurance;

   "a confident speaker"
   "a confident reply"
   "his manner is more confident these days"
   "confident of fulfillment"
   

2. persuaded of; very sure;

   "were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join"
   "I am positive he is lying"
   "was confident he would win"
   

3. not liable to error in judgment or action;

   "most surefooted of the statesmen who dealt with the depression"
   "demonstrates a surefooted storytelling talent"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. For my own part, being nice about appearance keeps me confident.
   就我而论，注重仪表使我自信。
2. I'm confident in the path I have chosen.
   我对我自己选择的道路有绝对的自信。
3. Your encouragement made me more confident of my future.
   你的鼓励使我对我的未来更加有信心。
4. One has to be confident in himself.
   一个人一定要对自己有信心。
5. We are confident of victory.
   我们确信能胜利。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. We need a confident leader to overcome these difficulties.
   我们需要一个有信心的领导者来克服这些困难。
2. He noticed her confident smile.
   他注意到她充满自信的微笑。

用作表语

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

1. I feel confident about the future of rock-and-roll music in China.
   我对摇滚乐在中国的前景充满信心。
2. I am confident in him.
   我对他充满信心。
3. He is confident in his ability to achieve success.
   他坚信自己有能力取得成功。
4. We are confident in saying that the new record will be broken soon.
   我们充满信心地说新的纪录很快会被打破。
5. We can be fairly confident of our ability to create tests that are valid and reliable.
   我们可以相信我们有能力编写合理可信的测试题。
6. The young miner was confident of winning the girl's heart.
   年轻的矿工坚信能赢得那位姑娘的心。
7. This is my advice, don't be too confident with strangers.
   我的忠告是:不要太相信陌生人。

S+be+～+that-clause

1. I feel confident that we will win.
   我确信我们将胜利。

经典引文

• Confident I am Last night 'twas on mine arm.

  出自：Cymbeline , Shakespeare

• My father died, confident that death did not exist.

  出自： G. Vidal

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

副词+～

• fairly confident 颇有信心
• fully confident 确信
• quite confident 十分相信

～+介词

• confident about 相信
• confident in 信任…
• confident of 对…确信的

词语用法

adj. (形容词)

1. confident意为“确信的,肯定的”“有信心的,有把握的”,指对自己的未来充满信心,强调建立在事实基础上的自信心。
2. confident用作表语时，后可接of, about, in或with引导的短语或以that引导的从句,不接动词不定式。

词义辨析

adj. (形容词)

confident, confidential

• 这两个词都有“信任的”“相信的”意思。
• 1.confident指对自己的信心; confidential指对他人的信心。
• 2.confident是对未来的信心; confidential是对力量、能力等有信心。

词源解说

• ☆ 16世纪70年代进入英语，直接源自古典拉丁语的confidentem，意为坚信，自信，胆大，勇敢。

近反义词

【近义词】

• certain
• satisfied
• sure

【反义词】

• diffident 无自信的