"confidence in sth." 是一个名词短语,表示"对某事/某物有信心;对…的信任"。其中:
confidence 是名词,意为"信心;信任";
in 是介词,引出"信心的对象"(即"对什么有信心")。
该短语通常与动词搭配使用,构成"主语 + 动词 + confidence in sth."的结构,核心是表达"主语对某事物的信心状态"(拥有、失去、建立等)。以下是最常用的搭配及示例:
意为"对…有信心;相信…"。
I have confidence in my team's ability to win the game.(我对我们队赢得比赛的能力有信心。)
She feels no confidence in the new project—it seems too risky.(她对这个新项目没有信心——它看起来太冒险了。)
意为"对…失去信心;不再信任…"。
Many customers lost confidence in the brand after the product recall.(产品召回后,许多顾客对该品牌失去了信心。)
He lost confidence in his English skills after failing the exam twice.(两次考试不及格后,他对自己的英语能力失去了信心。)
意为"对…获得/建立信心"。
Practicing speaking every day helped her gain confidence in public speaking.(每天练习口语帮助她建立了公开演讲的信心。)
Small successes can build confidence in children's learning abilities.(小的成功能培养孩子对学习能力的信心。)
意为"重新获得对…的信心"。
The company's new strategy helped regain customers' confidence in its products.(公司的新战略帮助重新赢得了顾客对其产品的信心。)
Therapy restored his confidence in himself after the accident.(治疗让他在事故后恢复了对自己的信心。)
介词固定用in,不能替换为"on"或"about"(错误:confidence on sth. / confidence about sth.;正确:confidence in sth.)。
若"信心的对象"是人,需用confidence in sb.(对某人有信心),如:I have confidence in you—you'll do great!(我对你有信心——你会做得很好!)。
同义形容词短语:be confident in sth.(对…有信心),如:She is confident in her decision.(她对自己的决定有信心。)(注:"confidence in sth."是名词短语,"be confident in sth."是形容词短语,用法不同但含义一致。)
"confidence in sth." 是表达"对某事物的信心状态"的核心短语,通过搭配不同动词(have/lose/gain等),可以精准描述"拥有、失去、建立"等各种信心状态,是日常交流和写作中高频使用的表达。