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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Collins.1 / BNC.7864 / COCA.7928

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。
• We can confide in Barbara's sincerity and honesty.
  我们可以信赖芭芭拉的诚意与诚实。
• You're the only person I can confide in.
  你是唯一我信任的人。
• Why should I not confide in those that have been so kind to me?
  为什么我不该信赖那些一直待我这样好的人呢？
• Did she ever confide in you?
  她有没有对你倾诉过？
• 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。
• 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。
• Maybe it's my fault that we don't confide in each other.
  这也许是我的问题，因为我们不能相互信任。
• She did bring herself, finally, to confess, and to confide in me.
  最后她自己招认了，而且向我吐露了衷曲。
• He chose to confide in the people that he trusts the most.
  他选择了向他最信任的人倾诉。