confide
confide
[kənˈfʌɪd]
verb
confidingly
adverb
语源
[kənˈfʌɪd]
verb
- [reporting verb]tell someone about a secret or private matter while trusting them not to repeat it to others
吐露（秘密，私事）；倾诉
[with obj.]he confided his fears to his mother.
他向他母亲吐露了他心中的恐惧。
[with direct speech]‘I have been afraid,’ she confided.
“我很害怕，”她倾诉道。
[with clause]he confided that stress had caused him to lose a stone in weight.
他吐露说压力使他的体重减轻了一英石。
■[no obj.](confide in)trust (someone) enough to tell them of such a secret or private matter
因信任（某人）而向其吐露（秘密，私事）
[with clause]he confided in friends that he and his wife planned to separate.
他向朋友吐露他和妻子打算分居。
■[with obj.](confide something to)(dated)entrust something to (someone) in order for them to look after it
(旧)把…托付给（某人）
the property of others confided to their care was unjustifiably risked.
别人托付给他们照管的财产被毫无道理地置于危险中。
confidingly
adverb
语源
- late Middle English (in the sense 'place trust (in)'): from Latin confidere 'have full trust'. The sense 'impart as a secret' dates from the mid 18th cent
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