词汇精选:confide的用法和辨析
一、详细释义:
v.
吐露 [I,T]
例句:
I confide a secret to a friend.
我向朋友吐露了秘密。
例句:
Confide your true feelings in a friend.
去向你的朋友吐露你真实的感觉吧。
委托,托付 [T]
例句:
I have been searching for someone to whom I could confide the boy.
我一直在寻找一个能够把孩子托付给他的人。
例句:
She confided her personal documents to her lawyer.
她把她的私人文件托付给她的律师保管。
信赖,信任 [I]
例句:
I only confide in those whom I can trust.
我仅信赖我能相信的人。
例句:
We can confide in barbara's sincerity and honesty.
我们可以信赖芭芭拉的诚意与诚实。
二、词义辨析:
believe,trust,confide,rely
这些动词均含有“相信,信任”之意。believe普通用词,常表示一种缓和、不太肯定的口气。trust指绝对相信或信赖某人。confide侧重忠诚可靠与可信赖。rely指在相信的基础上可进一步依靠,着重可靠性。
三、参考例句:
Nowadays girls seldom confide in their mothers.
现在的女孩很少对母亲吐露心事。
Confide your true feelings in a friend.
去向你的朋友吐露你真实的感觉吧。
I confide a secret to a friend.
我向朋友吐露了秘密。
Don't confide in anyone for the time being.
暂时不要向任何人吐露心声。
We can confide in barbara's sincerity and honesty.
我们可以信赖芭芭拉的诚意与诚实。
I only confide in those whom I can trust.
我仅信赖我能相信的人。
Do you confide in our ability to do this work?
你相信我们干得了这件工作吗?
She could confide to him her alarm and uneasiness for her brother.
她可以向他吐露她为自己的哥哥感到的惊恐不安。
I have been searching for someone to whom I could confide the boy.
我一直在寻找一个能够把孩子托付给他的人。
He had assumed the part of friend, to whom she could confide all her home sick aspirations.
他已经不是一个普通的同伴,而是她的一个可以倾诉一切乡愁的昵友。