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。
She unbosomed her secret to her confidant.
她向知己吐露自己的秘密。
Meg was Amy's confidant and monitor, and by some strange attraction of opposites Jo was gentle Beth's.
梅格是艾美的知己和监护人，也许是一种性格上的异性相吸吧，乔和温柔的贝思又是一对。
Why is it my confidant?
为什么它是我的知己？
Someone you can trust – your confidant.
知己就是你可以信任的人。
I'm your mother, your wife, your daughter, your sister, your lover, your confidant, your friend, your little woman.
我是你的母亲、你的妻子、你的女儿，你的姐妹，你的情人，你的知己、你的朋友、你的小女人。
A close friend or confidant.
至交亲密的朋友或知己。
I have only one confidant to whom I can tell my secrets.
我只有一个可以告诉我秘密的知己。
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？
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？