单词	confide
释义	confidecon‧fide /kənˈfaɪd/ ●○○ verb [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINconfide Origin: 1400-1500 Latin confidere, from com- ( ➔ COM-) + fidere ‘to trust’ Verb Table VERB TABLE confide Simple Form Present I, you, we, they confide he, she, it confides Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they confided Present perfect I, you, we, they have confided he, she, it has confided Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had confided Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will confide Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have confided Continuous Form Present I am confiding he, she, it is confiding you, we, they are confiding Past I, he, she, it was confiding you, we, they were confiding Present perfect I, you, we, they have been confiding he, she, it has been confiding Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been confiding Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be confiding Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been confiding Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Had Hotspur even confided to him all that she had urged and confessed, yesterday evening? Had Jonas Hamilton himself asked her she probably would have confided, but not to Travis. She had confided she was in love with some one else, but he didn't believe her. Sien confided in him for once, and the scheme to start another quarrel backfired. The teen, he confided, plans to take a public position on children. The two women began to laugh, and Joyce confided in Lois that her friend Margaret was just the worst. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto tell someone what you are feeling► get something off your chest to tell someone about something that has been worrying you or annoying you for a long time so that you feel better afterwards: · I feel so much better now that I've got that off my chest.· Writing to you is a good way to get things off my chest. ► pour out your heart/soul to tell someone everything about some strong emotions that you are feeling, especially feelings of unhappiness: · Suddenly, Jason burst into tears and poured out his heart, telling his mother all about everything.pour out your heart/soul to: · I had no idea Kay was so unhappy until she poured out her soul to me last night. ► confide in to tell someone about something very private or secret, especially a personal problem, because you feel that you can trust them: · He was a good listener and Elinor found it easy to confide in him.confide in about: · He wanted desperately to confide in someone about his feelings of failure.confide in that: · Harriet confided in me that she and Mark were considering divorce. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► in · He likes some one to confide in.· He had no one to confide in and would have seen seeking psychiatric help himself as a sign of weakness.· Research has shown that having some one to talk to and confide in is an important factor in preventing depression.· Whom would I completely confide in?· Her father, quiet, humorous, stubbornly determined, gone now, no longer there to consult and confide in.· She needed some one to trust and confide in, and I was too afraid of her outlandish behavior to listen.· Who would he confide in and protect, and love for ever?· On the spur of the moment, Matilda decided that the one person she would like to confide in was Miss Honey. NOUN► friend · You don't imagine I could confide in my best friends, do you?· I merely wish to confide in you as friends. ► secret · To me, dear child, you confided your secret.· He confided in me the secret of his technique.· Una confided all her secrets to her.· She confided intimate secrets to me.· He is going to confide the secrets of his heart to us.· She was close to him, confiding secrets which were only for him to hear. Word family WORD FAMILYnounconfidenceconfidantconfidentialityadjectiveconfidentconfidentialadverbconfidentlyconfidentiallyverbconfide 1to tell someone you trust about personal things that you do not want other people to knowconfide to somebody that He confided to his friends that he didn’t have much hope for his marriage.2formal to give something you value to someone you trust so they look after it for youconfide something to somebody He confided his money to his brother’s safekeeping.confide in somebody phrasal verb to tell someone about something very private or secret, especially a personal problem, because you feel you can trust them:  I’ve never felt able to confide in my sister.
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