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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary con·fide (con·fid·ed ; con·fid·ing) ETYMOLOGY Middle English (Scots), from Latin confidere, from com- + fidere to trust — more at bide DATE 15th century intransitive verb 1. to have confidence : trust 2. to show confidence by imparting secrets confide in a friend transitive verb 1. to tell confidentially 2. to give to the care or protection of another : entrust Synonyms: see commit • con·fid·er noun English Etymology confide c.1455, "to trust or have faith," from L. confidere (see confidence). Meaning "to share a secret with" is from 1735; phrase confide in (someone) is from 1888. Related: Confiding (1829); confided, pp. adj. (1840s). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 confide con·fide / kEn5faid / verb ~ (sth) (to sb) to tell sb secrets and personal information that you do not want other people to know (向某人)吐露(隐私、秘密等): ▪ [VN] 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。 ▪ [V 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。 ▪ [also V speech] PHRASAL VERBS ▪ con'fide 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(或个人隐私): It is important to have someone you can confide in. 有一位心腹知己很重要。 Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition v. Function: verb 1 to tell confidentially FF1C;shyly confided her secretFF1E; Synonyms: breathe, whisper Related Words: hint, insinuate, intimate, suggest Contrasted Words: advertise, broadcast, proclaim, publish 2 Synonyms: COMMIT 1, commend, consign, entrust, hand over, relegate, turn over Related Words: bestow, present Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged con·fide \kənˈfīd\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English confiden, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French confider, from Latin confidere, from com- + fidere to trust — more at bide intransitive verb 1. : to place or have faith : have confidence : trust < we cannot confide wholly in our own powers > 2. : to share or impart secrets or intimate matters < a confiding letter > — usually used with in < patients too awed by the doctor to confide in him — Leonard Gross > transitive verb 1. : to tell confidentially < he dared not confide the secret to his family — George Meredith > 2. : to give into the care or protection of someone or something : entrust , commit < the defense of our island was still confided to the militia — T.B.Macaulay > < do not confide your children to strangers — Mavis Gallant > Synonyms: see commit |
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