confidante
/ˈkän-fə-ˌdänt also -ˌdant, -dənt/ (ame, mw)
confidante — 名詞
1. a woman you trust enough to talk to about private feelings, worries, or secrets
閨蜜；女知己
可分享私事與秘密的女性密友
a woman you trust enough to talk to about private feelings, worries, or secrets that you keep from most other people
Shirin has been my closest confidante since our first year at university.
從大學一年級開始，Shirin 就是我最親密的閨蜜。
be someone's confidante
The queen often turned to her older sister Élise as a private confidante.
女王常把姐姐 Élise 當作私下的女知己。
turn to someone as a confidante
After her divorce, Manuela needed a confidante who would simply listen without judging.
離婚後，Manuela 需要一位只會傾聽、不會評斷的閨蜜。
Lakshmi told her grandmother, her one true confidante, about the secret engagement.
Lakshmi 把秘密訂婚的事告訴了奶奶，那位她唯一真正的女知己。
Every actress in the play has a clever confidante who knows all her secrets.
劇中每位女演員都有一位聰明的女知己，知道她所有的秘密。
- confidant
the gender-neutral or masculine form; now common for any trusted person
- close friend
everyday wording; not all close friends are confidantes, since the focus here is on sharing secrets
- intimate
formal and slightly old-fashioned word for a very close friend you share private matters with
- stranger
someone you do not know and would never share private feelings with
文法句型
be someone's confidante
a close confidante
trusted confidante
用法筆記
Specifically refers to a female trusted friend; the masculine or gender-neutral form is confidant. In modern English, confidant is increasingly used for any gender, while confidante stays in more formal, literary, or historical writing.