英语词汇“confidante”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

If you're a confidante, two things must be true: you have to be female, and you must be someone who people feel comfortable telling secrets to.

If you have a confidante, you're lucky. She is a friend you can confide in, someone you trust with your private thoughts, and who you're sure can keep a secret. If your trusted friend is male, you call him your confidant. In fact, you could call a male or a female "secret keeper" your confidant (without the "e"). Both versions of the word come from the same root as confident — which you can trace back to the Latin word meaning "to trust or confide," confidentem.

CHOOSE YOUR WORDS

confident / confidant(e)

Confident is how you feel on a good hair day, but a confidant is the person you tell when you're secretly wearing a wig. It's no wonder that these words are so easily confused: they were once both confident.

If you're looking and feeling good, you're confident. Confident is a feeling of self-reliance or of certainty about something. It comes from Middle French, confident, which in turn comes from Latin, cōnfidentem, meaning "trusting or bold." If you're not confident, you turn tail and go home. Hold your head up high to read these confident examples:

He appeared confident that he could get to any spot, setting up lanes by running with patience and vision. (New York Times)

Both camps say they are confident of winning. (Reuters)

A confidant, with an a, is the person you trust to spill your guts to. It also comes from the French confident, which came from the Latin confidente, for "a trusted friend." Confidante has been used to refer to a female trusted friend, parallel to the French confidente, but that usage has fallen largely out of favor as an unnecessary feminine version, like authoress. You can add that e if you want, either way say it with a sultry French accent:

They were friends, confidants, inseparable companions as well. (Frederick William Robinson)

"I'm not talking about just two or three of my closest confidants." (New York Times)

Try remembering that if you are confident, the person you believe in is "me." If you have a confidant, you are putting your trust in another. If you're confident your friend won't tell all your business, she can be your confidant.

WORD FAMILY

confidante: confidantes

USAGE EXAMPLES

One of Margaret Thatcher's closest confidantes throughout the 1980s, Cecil Parkinson was one of the nearly men of British politics.

BBC(Jan 02, 2017)

Trump’s advisers and close confidantes chant his name and offer one-worded encouragements.

Time(Dec 11, 2016)

It rather broke my heart as I consider her one of my closest confidantes.

The Guardian(Dec 11, 2016)

n a female confidant

Hyper

confidant, intimate

someone to whom private matters are confided

单词	confidante
释义	confidante (once / 5744 pages) n If you're a confidante, two things must be true: you have to be female, and you must be someone who people feel comfortable telling secrets to. If you have a confidante, you're lucky. She is a friend you can confide in, someone you trust with your private thoughts, and who you're sure can keep a secret. If your trusted friend is male, you call him your confidant. In fact, you could call a male or a female "secret keeper" your confidant (without the "e"). Both versions of the word come from the same root as confident — which you can trace back to the Latin word meaning "to trust or confide," confidentem. CHOOSE YOUR WORDS confident / confidant(e) Confident is how you feel on a good hair day, but a confidant is the person you tell when you're secretly wearing a wig. It's no wonder that these words are so easily confused: they were once both confident. If you're looking and feeling good, you're confident. Confident is a feeling of self-reliance or of certainty about something. It comes from Middle French, confident, which in turn comes from Latin, cōnfidentem, meaning "trusting or bold." If you're not confident, you turn tail and go home. Hold your head up high to read these confident examples: He appeared confident that he could get to any spot, setting up lanes by running with patience and vision. (New York Times) Both camps say they are confident of winning. (Reuters) A confidant, with an a, is the person you trust to spill your guts to. It also comes from the French confident, which came from the Latin confidente, for "a trusted friend." Confidante has been used to refer to a female trusted friend, parallel to the French confidente, but that usage has fallen largely out of favor as an unnecessary feminine version, like authoress. You can add that e if you want, either way say it with a sultry French accent: They were friends, confidants, inseparable companions as well. (Frederick William Robinson) "I'm not talking about just two or three of my closest confidants." (New York Times) Try remembering that if you are confident, the person you believe in is "me." If you have a confidant, you are putting your trust in another. If you're confident your friend won't tell all your business, she can be your confidant. WORD FAMILY confidante: confidantes USAGE EXAMPLES One of Margaret Thatcher's closest confidantes throughout the 1980s, Cecil Parkinson was one of the nearly men of British politics. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) Trump’s advisers and close confidantes chant his name and offer one-worded encouragements. Time(Dec 11, 2016) It rather broke my heart as I consider her one of my closest confidantes. The Guardian(Dec 11, 2016) n a female confidant Hyper confidant, intimate someone to whom private matters are confided
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