Self-assurance is the calm feeling that you can handle the thing in front of you — you trust yourself, so you do not need other people to keep telling you that you are doing fine. It is a noun, and it names a quality a person has: 'She spoke with great self-assurance.' Notice that it is about how you feel inside, not about how loud or forceful you are. A very quiet person can have enormous self-assurance, and a very loud person can have none at all.

Self-assurance Self-assurance是 the calm feeling that you can handle the thing in front of you那種你能搞定眼前這件事的沉穩感覺——you trust yourself你相信自己, so you do not need other people to keep telling you that you are doing fine所以不需要別人一直告訴你「你做得很好」。 It is a noun它是名詞, and it names a quality a person has指一個人擁有的一種特質： 'She spoke with great self-assurance.'她說話時展現出十足的自信穩重。 Notice that要注意 it is about how you feel inside它講的是你內心的感覺, not about how loud or forceful you are而不是你有多大聲或多強勢。 A very quiet person一個非常安靜的人 can have enormous self-assurance可以有極大的self-assurance, and a very loud person而一個非常大聲的人 can have none at all可能完全沒有。

The word feels a little formal — you meet it in books, in news writing, in a report about someone's character, more than in daily chat. With friends, people say 'she's confident' or 'she believes in herself'.

The word這個字 feels a little formal感覺有點正式——you meet it你會在這些地方遇到它 in books在書裡, in news writing在新聞寫作裡, in a report about someone's character在講一個人性格的報導裡, more than in daily chat比在日常聊天裡多得多。 With friends跟朋友聊天時, people say 'she's confident' or 'she believes in herself'大家會說她很有自信或她相信自己。

Compared with 'confidence', self-assurance is steadier and more settled: confidence can be about one thing on one day ('I have confidence in this plan'), but self-assurance is usually a way a person simply is.

Compared with跟 'confidence'confidence比起來, self-assurance self-assurance is steadier and more settled更穩定、更安定：confidence confidence can be about one thing on one day可以只是針對某一天某件事的（'I have confidence in this plan'我對這個計畫有信心）, but self-assurance但self-assurance is usually a way a person simply is通常是一個人本來就是這樣的一種狀態。

It is normally a compliment, though it can turn slightly cool if the speaker thinks the person is too pleased with themselves — a phrase like 'a certain self-assurance' can hint at that. Common patterns: with self-assurance, an air of self-assurance, lack self-assurance, quiet self-assurance.

It is normally a compliment它通常是稱讚, though it can turn slightly cool不過如果讓人覺得有點刺 if the speaker thinks the person is too pleased with themselves當說話的人覺得對方太滿意自己時——a phrase like 'a certain self-assurance'像帶有某種自信這種說法 can hint at that就可能帶出這種味道。 Common patterns常見的搭配：with self-assurance帶著自信, an air of self-assurance一種自信的氣場, lack self-assurance缺乏自信, quiet self-assurance安靜的自信。