confide

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To trust, have faith (in). archaic,intransitive
    — "Be calm, lovely Antonia!" he replied; "no danger in near you: confide in my protection."
  2. To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone. dated,transitive
    — I confide this mission to you alone.
  3. To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with. intransitive
    — I could no longer keep this secret alone; I decided to confide in my brother.
  4. To say (something) in confidence. intransitive,transitive
    — After several drinks, I confided my problems to the barman.

词形变化

confides present,singular,third-person confiding participle,present confided participle,past confided past

词汇关系

衍生词
confidable confidee confide in confider confiding misconfide reconfide unconfided
相关词
confidant confidante confidence confident confidential overconfident

词源

From Middle Scots confide, confyde (“to put trust in”), from Latin confīdere (“to put trust in, have confidence in”), from con- (“together”) + fidēre (“to trust”). First attested in English use in the early 17th century. Doublet of faith and fidelity.
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