| 单词 | confidence |
| 释义 | confidence confidence /; AmE / noun [U]
BREACH OF CONFIDENCE, CONSUMER CONFIDENCE, VOTE OF CONFIDENCE, VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE
1 the feeling that you can trust, believe in and be sure about the abilities or good qualities of sb/sth: We have complete confidence in our products. The management have lost the confidence of their employees (= their employees do not trust them). attempts to restore confidence in financial advice
❖ to express/have/lose confidence in sth ◆ to build (up)/destroy/improve/rebuild/restore confidence
2 a feeling that things will get better and not get worse: Business confidence has fallen sharply. Confidence among American consumers has risen this month. The company has been hit by a crisis of confidence (= investors do not believe it will be successful). SYN SENTIMENT
❖ business/investor/public confidence ◆ confidence declines/falls/grows/returns/rises
3 a feeling of trust that sb will keep information private: He told me about the project in confidence. |
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