the feeling that you can trust, believe in and be sure about the abilities or good qualities of sb/sth 信心；信任；信赖◆We have complete confidence in our products. 我们对自己的产品有充分的信心。◆The management have lost the confidence of their employees (= their employees do not trust them). 管理层已失去了员工的信任。◆attempts to restore confidence in financial advice 恢复金融谘询服务方面信心的尝试⨁to express / have / lose confidence in sth 对某事表示／有／失去信心⨁to build (up) / destroy / improve / rebuild / restore confidence 树立／摧毁／提高／重建／恢复信心
a feeling that things will get better and not get worse （对事情会变好而不会变坏的）信心，把握，信赖◆Business confidence has fallen sharply. 商业信心已大幅下降。◆Confidence among American consumers has risen this month. 美国消费者的信心本月已上升了。◆The company has been hit by a crisis of confidence(= investors do not believe it will be successful). 公司遭受了信任危机的打击（投资者不相信公司会成功）。SYNsentiment ⨁business / investor / public confidence 企业／投资者／公众信心⨁confidence declines / falls / grows / returns / rises 信心减退／下降／增加／恢复／上升
a feeling of trust that sb will keep information private （对某人会保守秘密的）信任，信赖◆He told me about the project in confidence. 出於对我的信赖，他对我透露了这项目的情况。
breach of confidence consumer confidence vote of confidence vote of no confidence