have confidence He’ s a nice boy, but he doesn’ t have much confidence. 他是个好男孩，但是他没有多少自信心。

+in You should have more confidence in your own abilities. 你应该对自己的能力多一点信心。

give sb confidence Motherhood gave her confidence. 做母亲给她带来了信心。

gain/lose confidence The more he fails, the more he loses confidence in his abilities. 他失败的次数越多，对自己的能力也就越失去信心。

lack the confidence to do sth He would lack the confidence to find a job elsewhere. 他会缺乏到别处找工作的信心。

+in Public confidence in the police is at an all-time low. 公众对警察的信任度降到了最低点。

have confidence I have complete confidence in our chairman. 我完全信赖我们的总裁。

lose confidence Many businesses have lost confidence in the government’ s ability to handle the economy. 许多公司都对政府管理经济的能力失去了信心。

restore confidence We must work to restore local confidence in the school. 我们必须努力恢复地方对学校的信心。

inspire confidence As has already been suggested, their record does not inspire confidence. 正如已经提到的，他们的纪录无法激励起人们的信心。

have confidence in I have complete confidence in these statistics. 我对这些数据有绝对的把握。

with confidence I can say with confidence that all our targets have now been met. 我可以很有把握地说我们的所有目标现在都已经实现。

+that He expressed his confidence that the project would be a success. 他表示对这个项目的成功很有把握。

in strict/the strictest confidence Any information given during the interview will be treated in the strictest confidence. 采访期间提供的任何信息都会被当作机密来处理。