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(yǔ)例句
1. He was their adviser, confidant and father confessor.
他是他們的顧問(wèn)、密友和傾聽(tīng)者。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. He is a close confidant of the president.
他是總統(tǒng)的密友。
來(lái)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(lái)自辭典例句
4. The artless woman had made a confidant of the boy.
這個(gè)心地單純的女人把孩子當(dāng)作心腹朋友.
來(lái)自辭典例句
5. It was Bea Sorenson who was really her confidant.