Word of the Day：June 24，2022
confidant
B be confident of 习惯用语 exchange confidences 互谈心事 gain sb.'s confidence 取得某人的信任 give one's confidence to sb. 信任〔赖〕某人 place confidence in sb. 信任〔赖〕某人 in confidence 秘密地 in the。
知己，密友
不用。trust不可数
noun /KAHN-fuh-dahnt/ [ˈkɑnfɪˌdɑnt]
What It Means
A confidant is someone to whom secrets are entrusted，and especially a very close friend.
A confidant指密友，尤其是非常亲密的朋友。
CONFIDANT in Context
trust 属于抽象名词，不可数，不能用复数，可以翻译为 gain trust from others 或 gain others' trust。
“Lee Strasberg，the Actors Studio director who was，with his wife，赢得某人的信任英语，Paula，a confidant and caretaker of Marilyn Monroe，felt that an actor must plumb the depths of her psyche to find the emotional truth of a performance.” –James Sullivan，The Boston Globe，20 Jan. 2022
Did You Know?
If you&39;re tuned into the origins of the word confidant. The word comes，via French，from the Italian confidente，meaning &34; from Latin confīdere，meaning &34;to trust (in)，rely (on)，" as their root. Confidant (and its variant confidante，used especially of a woman) and confident are often confused，a topic about which we have plenty to say.
信任／信誉 gain credibility from (doing) something 从（做）某事中赢得（人们的）信任／信誉 gain credibility from somebody 从某人这里赢得其信任／信誉 举例：gain credibility from a global audience 赢得全球的信赖 。
Quiz
Fill in the blanks to identify a descendent of fīdere that means &34;: d _ ff _ de _ t.
get trust gain the trust of +某人某物 译为：获得某人某物的信任
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