confidence
/ˈkɒnfɪdəns/noun
mass noun
1- the feeling or belief that one can have faith in or rely on someone or something信任, 信赖：
we had every confidence in the staff
我们完全信任我们的员工
he had gained the young man's confidence.
他已获得那位年轻人的信任。
1.1
- the state of feeling certain about the truth of something信心, 把握：
it is not possible to say with confidence how much of the increase in sea levels is due to melting glaciers.
不可能十分确切地说出海平面的上升在多大程度上是由冰川的融化所引起的。
1.2
- a feeling of self-assurance arising from one's appreciation of one's own abilities or qualities自信：
she's brimming with confidence
她充满着自信
in sing. he would walk up those steps with a confidence he didn't feel.他会带着不自觉的自信走上那些台阶。
1.3
- the telling of private matters or secrets with mutual trust在互信基础上的透露：
someone with whom you may raise your suspicions in confidence
你可以私下与之提出你的怀疑的某个人
opinions were expressed without any breach of confidence.
在不泄密的情况下表示看法。
1.4
- count noun（常作confidences）a secret or private matter told to someone under such a condition of trust（因信任而）吐露的秘密（或私事）; 知心话, 体己话：
the girls exchanged confidences about their parents.
女孩们相互推心置腹地谈论自己的父母。
短语
in someone's confidence
- in a position of trust with someone.受某人信任。
take someone into one's confidence
- tell someone one's secrets.向某人透露秘密; 把某人当作知己。
词源
late Middle English: from Latin confidentia, from confidere 'have full trust' （see CONFIDENT）.