Still,a private report said consumer confidence in the economy reached a two-year high this month.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

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

So, that's not exactly the case and we're going to start in at the point where right around this time of great confidence of feeling all has been conquered, there are some observations and discoveries that are made that completely break down these theories.

把测量弄的更精确一点,但事实并不如他说的这样,我们就要从这时候谈起,当时人们十分有信心的,觉得已经征服了一切问题,但有一些实验和观察,彻底粉碎了这种看法。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

But consumer confidence a measure of trust in the economy fell unexpectedly this month.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

Basically, what it did was it made it feel that people wouldn't get cheated; the SEC was a strong regulator and it really did restore confidence in the financial markets in this country.

证券交易委员会的辛勤付出,使人们感到不会受骗,证券交易委员会是一个强大的监管机构,它也重塑了,这个国家对金融市场的信心

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

"It's important to have confidence. It's important to have on the ground inspections which this treaty provisions call for,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

Prideful people, he tells us, are those overflowing with confidence about their own abilities to succeed and ? we all know people like this, don't we, like Yale students? They're all verflowing with confidence, kind of alpha types.

他说，有傲骄感的人是那些,充溢着对他们获得,成功之能力的自信,我们都熟悉这种人，不是吗，就像耶鲁的学生一样,他们都自信满满，什么都想争第一。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Despite some of the most challenging economic conditions in decades, American consumer confidence jumped unexpectedly this month, a sign that widespread pessimism might be dissipating.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

I say this now with great confidence but ten years ago this story, which all the Greeks agreed too, agreed upon in every respect, that the temple of Apollo was built right on top of this, and underneath the floor of the temple was this little room where the gases came up, where the priestess sat, where all of this came up.

我现在敢在这里夸夸其谈,但是十年前,当时的希腊人,对这个传说都是深信不移的,阿波罗神庙正好建在它上面,神庙地板底下正是气体出现的小屋,女祭司也坐在这里,一切都发生于此

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

All of this comes at a time when Poland's confidence in the U.S.is waning.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

Earlier this month, the two countries committed themselves to new confidence building measures.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

And let us be honest, this is a tough task. But this will be Jim's core mission, he is eminently qualified, and he has my complete confidence and support."

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

"It is going to be how quickly this can be handled, how quickly the all clear can be given and how quickly we can get consumer confidence back to a positive track.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

"We know his patience, his legendary patience, in situations like this. And as we have said in many international forays, we in Ireland have great confidence in his capacity and your capacity to see this through."

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

"One of the things that everybody here is mindful of is that as we move forward dealing with this extraordinary economic crisis, we also have a deficit, a confidence gap when it comes to the American people.

VOA: standard.2009.04.20