"It is a challenge after just a few months of implementation to be able to speak with confidence about when these things will occur,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

So if he came up with the idea, that's the only kind of consent we could have confidence in morally then it would be okay.

所以如果是他自己提出的，除非他是在这种情况下的同意,才能确信说，道德上没问题。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

This is magical thinking and it affects people because it gives them a sense of confidence and power over events that are thought to be random or uncontrollable.

这是神奇式思考,而它也影响人们,因为它给人自信和力量,去应对那些随机或者不可控的事件

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

That confidence will likely be put to the test as the administration's review of its handling of the failed bombing attack unfolds in the weeks ahead.

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

Saying the difference between a sharp recession and a depression is a loss of faith, economist Mark Zandi said a restoration of confidence will be key to recovery.

VOA: standard.2009.03.10

"And when people have fears, they are not going to buy and so there's going to be a significant pullback of consumer confidence, pullback of consumer trust in their products, which is going to reach all the way down into their sales,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.28