Confident
['kɒnfɪd(ə)nt] or ['kɑnfɪdənt]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) not liable to error in judgment or action; 'most surefooted of the statesmen who dealt with the depression'- Walter Lippman; 'demonstrates a surefooted storytelling talent'- Michiko Kakutani .
(adj.) having or marked by confidence or assurance; 'a confident speaker'; 'a confident reply'; 'his manner is more confident these days'; 'confident of fulfillment' .
德洛丽丝校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) See Confidant.
手打:玛吉
同義詞及近義詞:
a. [1]. Assured, certain, sure, positive, COCKSURE, fully convinced.[2]. Bold, presumptuous, sanguine.
艾伦整理
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Positive, assured, sure, certain, impudent, bold, sanguine
ANT:[See CERTAIN]
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例句/造句/用法:
- Reassured by her mistress' confident tone, Eliza proceeded nimbly and adroitly with her toilet, laughing at her own fears, as she proceeded. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- I had been so confident of regaining the treaty at once that I had not dared to think of what would be the consequence if I failed to do so. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- This man did not look like a traitor, though he had an exceedingly self-confident and conceited air. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- But he became less confident, on looking, and directed the bearers to 'bring him to the nearest doctor's shop. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Especially when the critical stage was passed, and he began to feel confident of Fred's recovery. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- That woman, I am quite sure and confident, will be our mother-in-law. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- She recognised the whole of Lucy in the message, and was very confident that Edward would never come near them. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- She must be confident here, for God knows, she felt rejected and deficient enough elsewhere. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- She had saved his body, he said, and he was confident she did not mean to peril his soul. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Two choice regiments, recently arrived from Lombardy, led the onset, rending the air with their shouts and confident of an easy victory. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- We are pretty confident, though,' said Mr. Perker, sinking his voice almost to a whisper. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- She was confident of having performed her duty, and to fret over unavoidable evils, or augment them by anxiety, was no part of her disposition. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Thoughtful Mr. Bucket is, as a man may be with weighty work to do, but composed, sure, confident. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I am confident that all the drums and trumpets of a royal army, beating and sounding together just at your ears, could not equal it. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- It was a crushing and exorbitant peace, dictated with the utmost arrogance of confident victors. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- She was very handsome, flushed, and confident in dreadful knowledge. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Her voice was always dispassionate and tense, and perfectly confident. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- He and Thomas, the clerk, they were confident, must have gone last night to join Mr. Moore and the soldiers. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- You are confident that the thief came in a cab? 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- The very mysteriousness of such a cure made her the more confident of its efficacy. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- I am very confident, Sir. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- I think I have made a start,' said Mr. Dick, passing his hand among his grey hair, and casting anything but a confident look at his manuscript. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- But now she had grown more sensitive to criticism and less confident in her power of disarming it. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- But to Gerald it sounded as if he were insistent rather than confident. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- If there were a hidden meaning in it, I was confident that I could pluck it forth. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- The practicability of this plan has undergone much discussion; its friends and foes being equally confident in their opinions. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- I am confident that she would have performed delightfully. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- He swaggered up a path as if as if the place belonged to him, and we heard his loud, confident peal at the bell. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- She had the art of giving self-confidence to the embarrassed, but she was not equally sure of being able to embarrass the self-confident. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- I don't pretend to know how the point of law may stand, but I'm thoroughly confident upon the point of fact. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
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