核心畫面

Picture someone standing steady before the result is in: they do not know for certain, but the doubt has gone quiet. That settled feeling can point at three things — how this will turn out, what I can do, or whether this is so — and English uses the same word for all three.

可以想成:結果還沒出來,但一個人已經站得很穩——他不是真的知道,只是心裡的懷疑安靜下來了。這份篤定可以指向三個方向:更多收起可以想成:結果還沒出來,但一個人已經站得很穩——他不是真的知道,只是心裡的懷疑安靜下來了。這份篤定可以指向三個方向:事情會怎麼發展、我做不做得到、這件事是不是真的;英文三個都用同一個字,差別只在後面接什麼。

From the picture

對自己有把握

同一份篤定轉向自己:相信自己做得到,所以不緊張。這一支形容的是人的狀態和樣子,別人看得出來。

self-assured · adjective · B1

Sure of yourself and your own abilities, so you are not afraid or nervous.

有自信的

Also in this word

sure it will happen · adjective · B1

Sure that something you want or expect will happen.

有把握的 / 有信心的

sure it's true · adjective · B1

Sure that something is true or correct.

確信的

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

confidentadj/ˈkɒnfɪdənt/

  • 1

    Very sure of something; positive.

    • I'm pretty confident that she's not lying, she's acting normally.
    • He was confident of success.
  • 2

    Self-assured, self-reliant, sure of oneself.

  • 3

    derogatoryobsoleteForward, impudent.

    • I was rated as the most confident ruffian, for daring to approach her room at that hour of night.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。