confidant

英 [ˈkɒnfɪdænt]

美 [ˈkɑːnfɪdænt]

n. (可吐露秘密的)知己，密友

复数：confidants　

BNC.19256 / COCA.15242

同义词辨析

acquaintance confidant pal【导航词义：熟人】

acquaintancen. 相识的人，熟人

〔辨析〕

指见面点头的熟人，但还不是朋友。

〔例证〕

She is not my friend, just an acquaintance.
她不是我的朋友，只是一个熟人。
His acquaintances are many, but his friends are few.
他的熟人不少，朋友却没几个。

confidantn. 知己，密友

〔辨析〕

指可倾诉衷肠、忠诚可靠之人。

〔例证〕

He is my confidant.
他是我的知己。
The middle-aged woman regarded the boy as her confidant.
这个中年女人把那个男孩当作心腹朋友。

paln. 〈非正式〉朋友，伙伴

〔辨析〕

普通用词，多用于口语，尤指特别要好的朋友。

〔例证〕

He is my pal at school.
他是我学校里的密友。
We've been pals since childhood.
我们打小就是好伙伴。

noun

（可吐露秘密的）知己，密友
a person that you trust and who you talk to about private or secret things
1. a close/trusted confidant of the President
  总统的密友 / 亲信

N-COUNT 男性知己（或密友）
Someone'sconfidantis a man who they are able to discuss their private problems with.
1. ...a close confidant of the president.
  总统的密友

noun

Colonel house was a friend and confidant of President wilson.
豪斯上校是威尔逊总统的朋友和知己。
What in the world? What does your confidant take me for?
在世界上你可否认为我是你的同伴？
Not one of her heroines ever shares everything with a true confidant, and everybody has secrets.
她的女主人公中没有任何一个人会把所有的心里话与真正的知己分享，人人各怀心事。
If you cannot trust your confidant, he shouldn't be your confidant.
如果你不能信任你的知己密友他就不是你的知己密友。
If the man can have a female confidant, Does the woman can have a male confidant?
如果男人可以有红颜知已，请问女人可以有蓝颜知已吗？
I have only one confidant, and that is the silence of night.
我只有一个知己，那就是黑夜的宁静。
She has no close confidant to whom she can turn for advice or help.
她没有知心朋友来帮助或是劝告她。
Do not have no sirens confidant and chagrin, I am your confidant sirens!
不要为没有红颜知己而懊恼，我就是你的红颜知己！
She unbosomed her secret to her confidant.
她向知己吐露自己的秘密。
The solution: Designate one trustworthy friend or family member to be your confidant.
解决方法：指定某个信得过的朋友或家人做你的”心腹人“；