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单词 confide
释义 con·fide
\kənˈfīd\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English confiden, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French confider, from Latin confidere, from com- + fidere to trust — more at bide
intransitive verb
1. : to place or have faith : have confidence : trust
 < we cannot confide wholly in our own powers >
2. : to share or impart secrets or intimate matters
 < a confiding letter >
— usually used with in
 < patients too awed by the doctor to confide in him — Leonard Gross >
transitive verb
1. : to tell confidentially
 < he dared not confide the secret to his family — George Meredith >
2. : to give into the care or protection of someone or something : entrust, commit
 < the defense of our island was still confided to the militia — T.B.Macaulay >
 < do not confide your children to strangers — Mavis Gallant >
Synonyms: see commit
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