詞彙精選:confide的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
v.
吐露 [I,T]
例句:
I confide a secret to a friend.
我向朋友吐露了祕密。
例句:
Confide your true feelings in a friend.
去向你的朋友吐露你真實的感覺吧。
委託,託付 [T]
例句:
I have been searching for someone to whom I could confide the boy.
我一直在尋找一個能夠把孩子託付給他的人。
例句:
She confided her personal documents to her lawyer.
她把她的私人文件託付給她的律師保管。
信賴,信任 [I]
例句:
I only confide in those whom I can trust.
我僅信賴我能相信的人。
例句:
We can confide in barbara's sincerity and honesty.
我們可以信賴芭芭拉的誠意與誠實。
二、詞義辨析:
believe,trust,confide,rely
這些動詞均含有“相信,信任”之意。believe普通用詞,常表示一種緩和、不太肯定的口氣。trust指絕對相信或信賴某人。confide側重忠誠可靠與可信賴。rely指在相信的基礎上可進一步依靠,着重可靠性。
三、參考例句:
Nowadays girls seldom confide in their mothers.
現在的女孩很少對母親吐露心事。
Confide your true feelings in a friend.
去向你的朋友吐露你真實的感覺吧。
I confide a secret to a friend.
我向朋友吐露了祕密。
Don't confide in anyone for the time being.
暫時不要向任何人吐露心聲。
We can confide in barbara's sincerity and honesty.
我們可以信賴芭芭拉的誠意與誠實。
I only confide in those whom I can trust.
我僅信賴我能相信的人。
Do you confide in our ability to do this work?
你相信我們幹得了這件工作嗎?
She could confide to him her alarm and uneasiness for her brother.
她可以向他吐露她爲自己的哥哥感到的驚恐不安。
I have been searching for someone to whom I could confide the boy.
我一直在尋找一個能夠把孩子託付給他的人。
He had assumed the part of friend, to whom she could confide all her home sick aspirations.
他已經不是一個普通的同伴,而是她的一個可以傾訴一切鄉愁的暱友。