| 单词 | confide |
| 释义 | Word family noun confidence confidant confidentiality adjective confident confidential verb confide adverb confidently confidentially con·fide /kənˈfaɪd/ ●○○ verb [transitive] 1 TELLto tell someone you trust about personal things that you do not want other people to know 吐露〔自己的隐私〕confide to somebody that He confided to his friends that he didn’t have much hope for his marriage. 他私下告诉朋友，他对自己的婚姻不抱太大的希望。2 formalGIVE to give something you value to someone you trust so they look after it for you 〔将贵重物品〕托付给〔自己信任的人保管〕confide something to somebody He confided his money to his brother’s safekeeping. 他把钱托付给他弟弟保管。3 confide in somebody phrasal verb to tell someone about something very private or secret, especially a personal problem, because you feel you can trust them 向…吐露个人隐私 I’ve never felt able to confide in my sister. 我从来都觉得无法对姐姐吐露心中的秘密。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusconfide• Had Jonas Hamilton himself asked her she probably would have confided, but not to Travis.• Sien confided in him for once, and the scheme to start another quarrel backfired.• The two women began to laugh, and Joyce confided in Lois that her friend Margaret was just the worst.• The teen, he confided, plans to take a public position on children.• She had confided she was in love with some one else, but he didn't believe her.• Had Hotspur even confided to him all that she had urged and confessed, yesterday evening?confide to somebody that• Hari knew him well but he could not even confide to her that he had almost possessed Eline Harries.• In fact, a couple of weeks ago he confided to me that he rather enjoyed losing his temper.• I did not confide to Otto that Jean-Claude was stealing from me.• A senior officer in Hanoi later confided to me that nearly a million Communist troops had died and millions more were wounded.• Had Hotspur even confided to him all that she had urged and confessed, yesterday evening?• A week later a still very much astonished Rosemary had confided to Leith that she was indeed in love with Travis.confide something to somebody• Walter confided the money to his brother's safekeeping during the war.Origin confide (1400-1500) Latin confidere, from com- ( → COM-) + fidere “to trust”con·fide verbChineseSyllable tell that you about do someone to trust Corpus personal you things |
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