confidant
英 ['k?nf?d?nt; ,k?nf?'d?nt; -dɑ?nt]
美 ['kɑnf?d?nt]
中文詞源
confidant 知己來自confide，吐露。
英文詞源
- confidant (n.)
- 1610s, confident, "(male) person trusted with private affairs," from French confident (16c.), from Italian confidente "a trusty friend," literally "confident, trusty," from Latin confidentem (nominative confidens), present participle of confidere "to trust, confide" (see confidence). The spelling with -a- came to predominate 18c. and might reflect the French pronunciation.
雙語例句
- 1. He was their adviser, confidant and father confessor.
- 他是他們的顧問、密友和傾聽者。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He is a close confidant of the president.
- 他是總統的密友。
來自辭典例句
- 3. Major Pendennis became the Begum's confidant and house friend.
- 潘登尼斯少校成了貝袞的心腹和家中的親密朋友.
來自辭典例句
- 4. The artless woman had made a confidant of the boy.
- 這個心地單純的女人把孩子當作心腹朋友.
來自辭典例句
- 5. It was Bea Sorenson who was really her confidant.
- 比阿?索倫森才真正是她的知心朋友.
來自辭典例句