昂立外語【新概念培訓】分享confidence這個詞以及形容詞confident,在熱門美劇House of
Cards Season 1中出現，在Francis和Garrett的對話中就選舉票數問題展開，Garrett提到曾經閱讀過的一篇報紙上的文章，是關于法案通過的內容。小詞confident活躍在美劇的舞臺上，也多次出現在我們新二的課文中：
L55 Not a gold mine: In spite of this, many people are confident that’ The Revealer’
may reveal something of value fairly soon.
L69 But not murder: After having been instructed to drive out of town, I began to
acquire confidence.
L88 Trapped in a mine: Though they are running out of food and drink, the men are
cheerful and confident that they will get out soon.
讓我們來整理下confidence的用法，詞性n.
① 信任，信賴
e.g. This has contributed to the lack of confidence in the police.
② 自信
e.g. The band is on excellent form. and brimming with confidence.
補充詞組：tell sb. into confidence 秘密
e.g. We told you all these things in confidence.
派生詞：confident adj.
結構：be confident of\about
近義詞辨析：
belief： 普通用詞，指單純從主觀上的相信，不著重這種相信是否有根據。
confidence： 指對某人某事有充分信心，斷定不會使人失望，因而給予信任。
conviction： 多指根據長期交往或實踐，對某人某事有了認識和了解后產生的信心和相信，側重其堅定性。
trust： 強調相信、信任的完全可靠。
Be confident！
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