confidence

1 “I have tried once or twice, but she either evaded my questions or looked so distressed that I stopped. I never force my children’s confidence, and I seldom have to wait for long.”

2 Their facial expressions changed to humble, their words were apologetic, and their demeanor lacked confidence.

3 “Writing with confidence. Take your first two sentences: ‘I thought I knew home was a place.

4 While he chatted, speaking primarily to my parents, gaining their confidence, Luce was nevertheless making mental notes.

5 It was no doubt this, Florence’s age and kindness, that led Elizabeth, with no premeditation, to take Florence into her confidence.

6 The rulers have resorted to exhortations, pleading tearfully for restored confidence.

统治者们求助于花言巧语, 痛哭流涕地要求恢复对他们的信任.

7 He came up with a sentence he really liked: Coo gives her comfort, courage, and confidence.

8 Having come so far, he felt his confidence swell.

9 My confidence soared; if I obtained an appointment as a regular clerk, I could spend at least five hours a day writing.

10 The rope seemed to give him confidence, though he shut his eyes more than once when he looked down between his feet.

11 I was no longer extrapolating; I was looping it through the core, freely talking about my life, suddenly breaching the confidences of my father and my mother and my wife.

12 She had many opportunities to sing in public, and as she gained confidence, she began to dream of a career as a singer.

13 “Keep out of this. He’s perfectly capable of going to the bathroom himself The book says it gives him confidence and a feeling of achievement.”

14 You can't keep a friend by revealing to others what he told you in confidence.

你不能以泄露别人私下信任你和你说的事来留住朋友.

15 ‘You’ve come so far. You’re not the same girl I brought to Camp Jupiter. Your power with the Mist, your confidence -’ ‘It’s all thanks to you.’

16 Dad says, making it crystal clear that I can’t tell either of them anything in confidence.

17 But some were bourgeois and uppity, had a sense of comfort and confidence she did not possess.

18 “Thank you for entrusting your confidence in us, young one. Close your eyes now, and try to get some rest.”

19 Once more she gazed at the symbols, once more she turned the wheels, but those invisible ladders of meaning down which she’d stepped with such ease and confidence weren’t there.

20 People I’d never heard of expressed confidence in me in moving ways.

1 机密

confidential classified secret confidentiality

2 秘密

private secret quiet closed underground confidential undercover backstage behind-the-scenes subterranean unspoken clandestine hush-hush hugger-mugger hole-and-corner secretly confidentially secrecy q.t. close inside dark cabinet closet covert occult arcane esoteric secretive cryptic backdoor underarm backstreet underhanded furtive recondite backstairs teteatete inwardly privacy mystery silence privity arcanum in secrecy to oneself in privacy between ourselves under a bushel under the rose by stealth under night underhand surreptitious closely privately covertly in camera trade secret crypto- like a thief in the night on the quiet on the side in secret behind closed doors under wraps in confidence under the counter stealthy ulterior cloak-and-dagger on the downlow behind the scenes on the sly hidden intimate shady shadowy backroom closed-door on the q.t behind closeddoors by the back door pocket interior inner chamber retired privy sly under-the-table back-street under-the-counter backstair cryptical darkly privily subrosa darkness penetralia intimity by- in petto sub-rosa bye classified snug unpublished hermetic sneaking hid unrevealed unbreathed undivulged reserve reservation stealth mysticism dern on the cuff for the cuff under hat just quietly under cover among ourselves tête-à-tête mysterious sneak unavowed huggermugger surreptitiously cryptically secretively unavowedly confidentiality QT secretiveness re- hide on the qt sub rosa in strict confidence through the back door

3 欺诈

trick fraudulent deceitful trumped-up flimflam false dodgery kanky-panky practice cross lie shift fraud cheat deception lurk gag juggle sham gouge gull deceit falsity humbug flam skullduggery skulduggery fraudulence jugglery humbuggery gazump covin fox deceive chisel job rogue jockey beguile eyewash false pretenses

4 心事

care hang-up

5 肯定

sure certain positive confident absolute definite affirmative favourable easily definitely certainly positively decidedly assuredly conviction reassurance know you can bet your life bottom dollar on that you can bet your life bottom dollar on you can bet your life bottom dollar you can bet your your bottom dollar on that you can bet your your bottom dollar on you can bet your your bottom dollar up and down for sure for certain

6 自负

cock-a-hoop self-affected vauntful vogie self-opinioned huffish cockish grand confident vain assuming puffy stuffy pretentious overblown swanky pompous pontifical vaunted conceited boastful overconfident self-assured self-important chesty ditzy cocksure flatulent priggish self-opinionated high-blown vaunty toplofty biggety big overconfidently self-trust self-assumption security wind superior pride boast ego self-esteem self-confidence conceit pragmatism self-love flatulence overconfidence egoism self-assurance self-worth vainglory vaunt pomposity self-conceit tympany self-pride self-admiration self-opinion self-glory swell huff high-hat think penny silver be above oneself

7 自信

front attitude assurance self-esteem self-confidence self-assurance disinvoltura comfortable confident definite assured self-confident self-assured confidently surety assertiveness self-belief positiveness secure affirmative sufficiency self-reliance aplomb assert oneself self-collected calm perk perky debonair overweening assure hold up head feel oneself sanguineous poise reassurance sanguine self-asserting sure self-trust cool certitude flatter oneself feel legs strong assuredness Jack the Lad

8 相信

credit belief credence judge receive buy consider believe suppose deem persuade accredit trow take it from in the belief that under the impression that pin faith on put faith in

9 信心

authority bottle faith belief cheer trust nerve reliance vocation moxie religion morale

10 自恃

self-contained self-confident self-confidence aplomb self-assurance

11 过分自信

secure assured security

12 行骗的

con

13 信任

trust faith belief reliance believe credit put stock in confiding firm confident fiduciary reliant trusting trustful dependence credence depend rely confide accredit put faith in on the faith of hope receive give credit to rely on believe in trust in rely upon credential undoubting stock lippen credent take stock in gamble on unsuspecting trustingly trustfully confidentialness trustfulness have faith in

14 大胆

forward familiar confident bold heroic whopping hardy stout fearless audacious presumptuous nervy venturesome venturous lionhearted face daring audacity derring-do adventurous undaunted freedom nerve temerity hardihood meat-ax high-wire dauntless free-swinging nerved crouse gutty impavid unterrified awless dareful hardily crust hell of a note to teeth

15 厚脸

brass-visaged audacity overconfident mouth nerve gut gall overconfidence

16 欺诈的

trick fraudulent deceitful trumped-up flimflam

17 无耻

infamous abandoned outrageous cheeky audacity unscrupulous shameless rascal scurvy unashamed dishonour unprincipled rascally jumped-up frontless assurance gall impudicity barefaced

18 胆量

game sand nerve dare courage spunk gut pluck gumption

19 骗局

do plant trick fraud con bubble rig hype hustle cog hoax humbug bunco sleighride try-on cross

20 行骗

con charlatanism charlatanry practice sharp shark rogue finagle mountebank rook cheat

21 把握

grasp assurance seize prehension sureness security chance

22 信托

fiduciary reliance rely credit recommend commend entrust confide

23 确信

sure certain positive confident cocksure security trust conviction assurance certainty assured persuasion positivity certitude believe satisfy convince assure perfect clear secure bold satisfied belief surety positivism convincement persuade oneself bring home to be borne in upon feel in bones strong convinced confidently assuringly avouchment faith reassurance assuredness positiveness bet avouch be confident of be convinced of be persuaded of feel sure of make certain of bet your boots bring home be persuaded be certain of make sure of feel sure

24 信赖

trust faith reliance depend rely bank on hope dependence rest confide depend on rely on believe in trust in depend upon rely upon reliant repose believe recline confidence trick fiducial belief rapport affiance lippen entrust intrust tie to confidingly trustfully trustfulness take bet your boots take it true to build upon