confide
confide は英検準1級レベルの英単語で、「打ち明ける、秘密を打ち明ける、信頼する、任せる」という意味があります。発音記号は /kənˈfaɪd/ です。
意味一覧 (4件)
打ち明ける
解説 Definition
打ち明けるとは、秘密や個人的な情報を信頼できる人に伝えることです。自分の本当の気持ちや考えを他の人に告白することを意味します。
To confide means to tell someone a private thought, feeling, or secret because you trust them. It is used for personal or sensitive information shared with a close person. The word usually suggests a quiet and serious kind of communication.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
このエントリの confide は「信頼する」ではなく、信頼できる相手に秘密・悩み・本音を静かに話す「打ち明ける」です。confidential(内密の)や confidant(腹心、相談相手)と結びつけると、私的で慎重な会話の場面が浮かびます。tell より個人的で、announce のように公に知らせる語ではありません。confess は罪や失敗を白状する響きが強く、confide は安心できる相手に心の中を預ける感じです。
Connect it with `confidence`, `confidential`, and `confidant` because they all carry the idea of trust. To `confide in` someone is to trust them enough to share something personal. It is softer and more private than just `tell`, and different from `confess`, which often suggests guilt.
例文
She decided to confide in her best friend about her relationship problems.
彼女は親友に関係の問題について打ち明けることにした。
He confided his fears and doubts to his therapist during the session.
彼はセッション中に彼の恐怖と疑いをセラピストに打ち明けた。
The employee confided to his manager about his plans to seek a new job.
その従業員は新しい仕事を探す計画についてマネージャーに打ち明けた。
秘密を打ち明ける
(意味 2)解説 Definition
秘密や個人的な情報を、信頼できる人に打ち明けること。自分の心配や気持ちなどを相手に信頼をもって話すこと。
例文
She decided to confide her worries to her best friend.
彼女は親友に自分の悩みを打ち明けることにした。
He confided that he had been offered another job.
彼は別の仕事のオファーを受けたことを打ち明けた。
You can confide in me without any hesitation.
躊躇なく私に打ち明けることができます。
信頼する
(意味 3)解説 Definition
confide は、人や判断力を「信頼する」という意味で、特に confide in の形で使われます。相手の誠実さ、口の堅さ、助言や判断を頼れると感じる場面に合い、単に秘密を話す行為ではなく信頼の対象を表します。
Confide means to trust a person, their judgment, or your own feelings and instincts. It is often used in the pattern confide in, showing who or what you trust. The word sounds a little more formal than trust and often suggests confidence in someone's honesty, loyalty, or good sense. In this sense, it is about relying on someone, not simply telling them a secret.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
confide は confidence(信頼・自信)と同じ fid「信じる」の仲間です。基本は「相手を信じて頼る」感覚で、confide in 人/判断/直感 のように、信頼の対象を in の後に置くことが多いです。trust より少し改まった響きがあり、相手の誠実さや判断力を信用する場面に向きます。別エントリの「打ち明ける」は、この信頼感から発展した用法として区別して覚えると混同しにくいです。
Think of confide as a close relative of confidence, because both come from the root fid, meaning "trust" or "believe." The core idea is to trust and rely on someone or something, often in the pattern confide in a person, their judgment, or even your own instincts. It is a little more formal than trust and often suggests belief in honesty, loyalty, or good judgment. If you also know confide as "tell a secret," remember that this meaning grows from first trusting the other person.
例文
She confides in her mentor when she has to make an important decision.
彼女は大事な決断をするとき、指導者を信頼して頼りにする。
Even under pressure, he confided in his team's experience and stayed calm.
プレッシャーの中でも、彼はチームの経験を信頼して落ち着いていた。
I have learned to confide in my own judgment instead of following every opinion around me.
私は周りの意見に流されず、自分の判断を信頼することを学んだ。
任せる
(意味 4)解説 Definition
人や組織に仕事・責任・大切な物事をゆだね、適切に扱ってもらうことを表す語です。confide A to B の形で、AをBに任せるという意味で使われ、秘密を打ち明ける意味とは別です。
Confide can mean to place a task, responsibility, or important matter in the care of a person or organization because you trust them to handle it well. It is often used in the pattern confide A to B, meaning to entrust A to B. This meaning is different from the more common sense of confide in someone, which means to share a secret or personal feeling.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
confidence(信頼・自信)、confidential(内密の)、confidant(相談相手)と同じ仲間だとまとめると定着しやすい。『信頼できる相手だから、心の中のことを預ける』感覚で、confide in 人 = 人に打ち明ける。tell よりも、秘密・悩み・本音をそっと話す場面に合う。confess は罪や失敗を白状する響きが強いので別物。I confided in my friend about the problem. のように、安心して話せる相手を続ける形で覚えると使いやすい。
Learn confide together with confidence, confidential, and confidant, since they all belong to the same word family about trust. The core image is "I trust this person, so I place something in their care." That helps you remember both confide A to B for entrusting something and confide in someone for opening your heart. Compared with tell, confide sounds more private and gentle, while confess usually suggests admitting guilt or a mistake.
例文
She confided the negotiation to an experienced lawyer.
彼女はその交渉を経験豊富な弁護士に任せた。
The committee confided the final decision to a small review panel.
委員会は最終判断を少人数の審査委員会に任せた。
He was nervous about confiding such an important project to an outside company.
彼はそんな重要な案件を外部企業に任せることに不安を感じていた。
confide の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 confidere「強く信頼する」に由来し、con-「強める・共に」+ fidere「信じる」から成る語です。もとは「相手を信じて任せる」感覚で、そこから秘密や本音を「打ち明ける」意味へ広がりました。関連語は faith, fidelity。
Confide comes from Latin confidere, meaning "to trust fully." It is made from con-, which adds force, and fidere, "to trust" or "believe." The original idea was to trust someone enough to place something in their care, and from that it developed the sense of telling someone a secret or private thought. Related words include faith and fidelity.
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