1ADJ-GRADED [usually verb-link ADJ] [oft ADJ that]坚信的;有信心的 If you are confident about something, you are certain that it will happen in the way you want it to. 坚信的;有信心的
I am confident that everything will come out right in time.
我坚信一切终究都会好起来。
Mr Ryan is confident of success. [+ of]
瑞安先生坚信一定会成功。
Management is confident about the way business is progressing. [+ about]
3ADJ-GRADED [oft ADJ that]肯定的;有把握的 If you are confident that something is true, you are sure that it is true. A confident statement is one that the speaker is sure is true. 肯定的;有把握的
She is confident that everybody is on her side.
她确信所有人都站在她这边。
'Bet you I can', comes the confident reply.
“我肯定行。”传来一个很有把握的回答。
confidently
I can confidently say that none of them were or are racist.
VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤appear, be, feel, look, seem, sound顯得自信;自信;感覺有信心;看上去自信;好像有把握;聽起來自信◇We feel confident that these results are accurate.我們對這些結果的準確性是有把握的。➤become, get, grow變得自信◇He's becoming more confident as he gets older.隨着年齡的增長,他變得更自信了。◇She gradually grew more confident.她逐漸自信起來。➤remain仍然自信▸➤make sb使某人自信◇Going to college has made her more confident.念大學使她增強了自信心。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常自信▸➤highly, remarkably高度/特別自信▸➤absolutely, completely, entirely, fully, supremely, totally完全自信;無比自信➤overly過分自信◇He was overly confident, perhaps to the point of arrogance.他過度自信,也許到了自負的地步。➤increasingly越來越自信▸➤reasonably相當自信▸➤100%, 95%, etc.有 100%、有 95% 等的信心◇I'm 95% confident of success.我對成功有 95% 的把握。➤quietly, serenely暗中自信;自信而不張揚◇He came out of the interview feeling quietly confident.他面試後走出來,暗自覺得有了把握。◇She sauntered onto the set, looking serenely confident.她從容地走到拍攝片場,看起來沉着而自信。➤socially在社交上自信◇young people who appear to be socially confident, but inside are a bundle of neuroses在交往時顯得很自信但內心卻緊張得要命的年輕人PREPOSITION➤about對⋯有信心◇We are confident about the future.我們對未來充滿信心。➤in對⋯有信心◇I'm very confident in our ability to maintain leadership.我對我們保持領導地位的能力很有信心。➤of確信可以⋯◇I'm fully confident of winning the title.我對贏取冠軍信心十足。
confident adj. ⇨confident (a confident person)⇨sure (feel confident of winning)confident
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confident ♦︎ independent ♦︎ brash ♦︎ self-confidentThese words all describe sb who is sure about their own ability to do things and be successful.这些词均表示自信的、有信心的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆very confident / independent / self-confident■confidentfeeling sure about your own ability to do things and be successful; showing this自信的;有信心的;表现自信的◆She was in a relaxed, confident mood.她的心态从容而自信。◆They gave a very confident performance of the piece.他们非常自信地演奏了这首乐曲。OPPinsecure ⇨ shy, nervous ⇨ worried see also assertive ⇨ aggressive2■independentconfident and free to do things without needing help from other people自主的;有主见的;不依赖他人的◆Going away to college has made me much more independent.离家上大学使我变得独立自主多了。◆Students should aim to become more independent of their teachers.学生应该努力减少对老师的依赖。 see also independence ⇨ freedom■brash (disapproving) confident in an aggressive way盛气凌人的;自以为是的◆Beneath his brash exterior, he's still a little boy inside.他外表盛气凌人,内心却还是个孩子。■ˌself-ˈconfident [uncountable] having confidence in yourself and your abilities自信的◆a self-confident child自信的孩子NOTE辨析 Confident or self-confident?Confident can describe a person or what they do; self-confident only describes a person. * confident可形容人或其所做的事,self-confident只形容人◆a self-confident performance