Смысл: confidence

confidence[ʹkɒnfıd(ə)ns]
n
<Í> 1. доверие
growing confidence - растущее доверие
confidence in the government - доверие правительству
a vote of confidence - парл. вотум доверия
to enjoy smb.'s confidence - пользоваться чьим-л. доверием
to gain smb.'s confidence - завоевать чьё-л. доверие
to place confidence in smb. - довериться кому-л.
to take smb. into one's confidence - доверять кому-л.; доверить кому-л. тайну
to shatter smb.'s confidence - поколебать чьё-л. доверие
to be in the confidence of - пользоваться чьим-л. доверием; быть в курсе чьих-л. замыслов, секретов и т. п.
he could not give them his confidence - он не мог оказать им доверия
2. конфиденциальное сообщение, секрет
to hear confidences - выслушивать секреты /признания/
in strict confidence - строго конфиденциально
3. уверенность
to have confidence in the future - быть уверенным в будущем
to shake confidence - поколебать уверенность
to expect smth. with confidence - с уверенностью и надеждой ждать чего-л.
to lack confidence in oneself - быть неуверенным в себе
he answered all the questions with confidence - он уверенно отвечал на все вопросы
4. самоуверенность, самонадеянность
he dived into the water with confidence - он уверенно /смело/ бросился в воду
5. стат. достоверность, степень достоверности
confidence interval - доверительный интервал
6. = confidence trick

confidence Идиома

in confidence

secretly；privately秘密地；私下地
I'm telling you this in confidence；please don't tell anyone else.这件事我只告诉你一个人，请别告诉别人。

take sb into one's confidence

Idiom(s): take sb into one's confidence

Theme: TRUST

to trust someone with confidential information; to tell a secret to someone and trust the person to keep the secret.
• We are good friends, hut I didn't feel I could take her into my confidence.
• I know something very important about Jean. Can I take you into my confidence?

confidence

confidence
In addition to the idiom beginning with confidence, also see in confidence; take into one's confidence.

confidence game

confidence game
Also, confidence trick; con game. A swindle in which the victim is defrauded after his or her trust has been won. For example, The police warned of a confidence game in which people were asked to turn over valuables for a so-called appraisal, or The typical confidence trick is easy to spot if you know what to look for, or I almost let myself be taken in by her con game—she seemed so sincere. These terms, which use confidence in the sense of “trust,” date from the mid-1800s. They also gave rise to confidence man (or con man) for the swindler.

take into one's confidence

take into one's confidence
Trust someone with a secret, as in She took me into her confidence and admitted that she was quitting next month. This idiom uses confidence in the sense of “trust,” a usage dating from the late 1500s.

More Idioms/Phrases

take hold take in good part take in hand take into one's confidence take into one's head take into one's own hands take issue with take it from here take it from me