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Confide Kənˈfaɪd Verb Confided   [V D Personal Trust

(Verb) To tell someone a secret or personal information. It can also mean to entrust something to someone or to rely on them.

(动词) 吐露(或倾诉)秘密;诉诸,求助于;信赖地

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[VERB 动词]吐露(或倾诉)秘密 If you confide in someone, you tell them a secret.
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  • I knew she had some fundamental problems in her marriage because she had confided in me a year earlier...

    我知道她的婚姻存在一些根本性的问题,早在一年前她就向我倾诉过。

  • He confided to me that he felt like he was being punished...

    他向我诉说他觉得自己像是在受罚。

  • On New Year's Eve he confided that he had suffered rather troubling chest pains...

    新年前夜,他诉说他胸口疼得相当厉害。

  • I confided my worries to Michael.

    我把我的担心透露给了迈克尔。

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  • Ford's letters to her are fond and confiding.

    福特写给她的信饱含深情,向她吐露了心声。


Oxford con·fide / kənˈfaɪd ; NAmE kənˈfaɪd / verb to tell sb secrets and personal information that you do not want other people to know (向某人)吐露(秘密、隐私等) confidesth (to sb) ◆ She confided all her secrets to her best friend. 她向她最要好的朋友倾吐了自己所有的秘密。 confide(to sb) that… ◆ He confided to me that he had applied for another job. 他向我透露他已申请另一份工作。 + speech ◆ ‘It was a lie,’ he confided. “这是谎言。”他透露说。 PHRASAL VERB conˈfide in sb to tell sb secrets and personal information because you feel you can trust them 向(认为可信赖的人)透露秘密(或隐私) ◆ It is important to have someone you can confide in. 有一位心腹知己很重要。 confide confides confided confiding con·fide / kənˈfaɪd ; NAmE kənˈfaɪd /
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confidecon‧fide /kənˈfaɪd/ ●○○ verb [transitive]
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1to tell someone you trust about personal things that you do not want other people to knowconfide to somebody that He confided to his friends that he didn’t have much hope for his marriage.2formal to give something you value to someone you trust so they look after it for youconfide something to somebody He confided his money to his brother’s safekeeping.confide in somebody phrasal verb to tell someone about something very private or secret, especially a personal problem, because you feel you can trust them:  I’ve never felt able to confide in my sister.
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confide

[kənˈfaɪd]confided, confiding, confides

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吐露(43%),信赖(42%),委托(15%)
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vi.信赖;吐露秘密

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