confide

英 [kənˈfaɪd]

美 [kənˈfaɪd]

v.  (向某人)吐露(隐私、秘密等)

过去式：confided　过去分词：confided　现在分词：confiding　第三人称单数：confides　

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短语用例

confide in sb

• 向（认为可信赖的人）透露秘密（或个人隐私）
  to tell sb secrets and personal information because you feel you can trust them
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

牛津词典

verb

• （向某人）吐露（隐私、秘密等）
  to tell sb secrets and personal information that you do not want other people to know
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 吐露（或倾诉）秘密
  If youconfide insomeone, you tell them a secret.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
  4. I confided my worries to Michael.
     我把我的担心透露给了迈克尔。

英英释义

verb

• reveal in private
• confer a trust upon
  1. The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret
  2. I commit my soul to God
  Synonym:entrustintrusttrustcommit

双语例句

• I've never felt able to confide in my sister.
  我从不觉得我的妹妹是值得信任的。
• She's nice but I don't feel I can confide in her.
  她很好，但是我觉得我不能信任她。
• I had no special reason to confide in him.
  我没有任何特殊理由要向他吐露秘密。
• You can confide in her good faith.
  你可以信任她的忠诚。
• 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。
• It is important that an adolescent boy should have an adult in whom he can confide
  关键是，青春期的男孩身边应该有一个可以交心的成年人。
• 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 confide in him and he has never deceived me.
  我信赖他，他从来没有欺骗过我。
• He still couldn't understand the impulse that had made him confide in Cassandra
  他仍然难以理解是什么样的冲动使他向卡桑德拉吐露了秘密。
• This is because people can confess to you, they can confide in you, they can help you.
  因为人们可以向你忏悔，他们可以向你吐露秘密，可以帮你。