confidant

UK //ˈkɒn.fɪ.dænt//US //ˈkɑːn.fə.dænt//

词源

源自法语 'confident'，最初来自拉丁语 'confidere'（意为 '完全信任'），由 'con-'（完全）和 'fidere'（信任）组成。

❶ 指可以信任并分享秘密或私事的亲密朋友，通常指长期交往且关系深厚的人。

“She has been my confidant since we were in high school.”

（从高中起，她就是我可以倾诉秘密的密友。）

“He trusted his brother as his only confidant in the family.”

（他把弟弟视为家中唯一可以信任的知己。）

同义词:trusted friend, close friend, intimate

close confidant — 指关系极其亲密、可以完全信赖的朋友，通常能分享最私密的事情。

“Over the years, her assistant became her close confidant.”

（多年来，她的助理成了她最亲密的知己。）