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If someone is confiding, they speak or look as if they want to tell you something private. The voice often goes quiet. They may lean in.
If someone is confiding如果一個人是confiding的, they speak or look他們說話或看起來, as if they want to tell you something private好像想跟你說什麼私事. The voice often goes quiet聲音常常會變小. They may lean in他們可能會靠過來
The feeling is: I have chosen you as a safe person. It is not showing off, and it is not just any chat — it is the manner of handing someone a secret.
The feeling is那種感覺是: I have chosen you as a safe person我選了你，因為你是個安全的人. It is not showing off它不是在炫耀, and it is not just any chat也不是隨便聊聊 — it is the manner of handing someone a secret而是那種把秘密交給某人的態度
You can also call a smile, a look, or a tone confiding: the face that says, I do not tell everyone this.
You can also call你也可以說 a smile一個微笑, a look一個眼神, or a tone或一種語氣 confiding是confiding的: the face that says那張臉在說, I do not tell everyone this我不是誰都跟他說這個的
Though actually, the adjective is a little in everyday talk. Many people would rather use the verb: she confided in me. You still meet confiding in stories and careful writing.
Though actually不過其實, the adjective is a little bookish這個形容詞有點文謅謅, in everyday talk在日常對話裡. Many people would rather use the verb很多人寧可用動詞: she confided in me她confided in me. You still meet confiding你還是會在 stories and careful writing故事和講究的寫作裡看到confiding
Do not mix it with confident. A confident person feels sure of themselves. A confiding person feels sure of you.
Do not mix it with不要把它跟 confident「confident」搞混. A confident person一個confident的人 feels sure of themselves對自己有信心. A confiding person一個confiding的人 feels sure of you對你有信心（相信你）
組成confide + -ing. Confide is to tell someone something private because you trust them; -ing here makes an adjective about that manner.
同家族的字
- confidethe verb this adjective is built from
- confidinglythe adverb: in a confiding way
原始詞典資料5 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。
confidingadj/kənˈfaɪdɪŋ/
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Having or showing confidence or trust in another person.
- Effingham was by nature indolent, confiding, and, at times, impetuous and indiscreet; but Marmaduke was uniformly equable, penetrating, and full of activity and enterprise.
- Those eyes especially struck Eugene, and when he thought of Liza he always saw those clear, mild, confiding eyes.
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In confidence; as if with trust.
- Sir, they must surely entertain a higher opinion of the credulity of this house, than -- even their recent experience can justify, if they think that their confiding talent will be carried to this length.
- It might be sufficient, perhaps, to refer only to that trait of frank, confiding generosity, which could overlook all injuries and embrace even former enemies as friends ; as in the case of Saul above referred to ;
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biologybirdwatchingnatural-sciencesOf a bird, allowing the close approach of humans.
confidingnoun/kənˈfaɪdɪŋ/
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The telling of something in confidence.
- We see Washington by the fireside, upon the farm, amid the interchanges of friendship and ordinary confidings, and as a citizen, as well as in the sphere of military contest, in the senate, or as a diplomatist[…]
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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。