英単語

confideの意味・使い方・発音

confide

英 [kən'faɪd] 美 [kən'faɪd]
  • vt.打ち明ける;託す
  • vi.信頼する;打ち明ける

語源


打ち明ける

con-、強調する。-すなわち、信頼する人、打ち明けられる人。

英語の語源


confide
confide: [15] To confide in somebody is literally to ‘put one’s trust or faith’ in them. The word comes from the Latin compound verb confidere, which was formed from the intensive prefix com- and fidere ‘trust’. This was a derivative of fides ‘trust’ (whence English faith). Confidant [16] and confidence [15] come from the Latin verb’s present participle, confīdēns, in which the secondary notion of ‘self-assurance’ was already present. The abbreviation con for confidence man, confidence trick, etc originated in the USA in the late 19th century.
=> confident, faith
confide (v.)
mid-15c., "to trust or have faith," from Latin confidere "to trust in, rely firmly upon, believe" (see confidence). Meaning "to share a secret with" is from 1735; phrase confide in (someone) is from 1888. Related: Confided; confiding.

例文


1. Because she is understanding,people around her confide in her.
彼女は筋が通っているので、周りの人は彼女を信じている。

2.There is no one here I can confide in.
ここには私が信頼できる人は一人もいません。

3.We confide in his abilities.
私たちは彼が能力があると信じています。

4.It is important that an adolescent boy should have an adult in whom he can confide .
肝心なのは、思春期の男の子の周りには心を交わす大人がいるはずだ。

5.He still couldn 't understand the impulse that had made him confide in Cassandra.
彼はまだどのような衝動がカサンドラに秘密を打ち明けたのか理解できない。

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