confidence★

　　構詞con全部+fide相信，信念→全部相信→吐露[真情] +ence名詞后綴→信心，自信，信任

　　n.1.trust or faith in a person or thing.信賴

　　2.that which is confided; a secret私事

　　3.a feeling of assurance that a confidant will keep a secret信心

　　真題連線2004 Text 2

　　Yet the result may be worse qualifications, because they get less individual attention, as well as less confidence in speaking publicly. 然而，結果可能就是成績欠佳，因為這種學生得到的個人關注較少，同時當眾講話時的信心也不足。

　　confine★

　　構詞con全部+fine限制→全限制→監禁

　　v.1.to keep within bounds; restrict限制

　　2.to shut or keep in禁閉

　　n.purview; scope:范圍;區間

　　習慣用語be confined to(局)限于，(被)限制在

　　between the confines of...之間的界線

　　on the confines of瀕于， 差一點兒就;

　　beyond the confine of超出…的范圍

　　confine oneself to只涉及， 只限于

　　真題連線1998 Passage 5

　　The significance of hot spots is not confined to their role as a frame of reference. 熱點的重要性不僅限于它們作為參照體系的作用。

　　★confirm

　　構詞con全部+firm→全部堅定→確實

　　v.使更堅固,使更堅定;(進一步)證實;確認，確定,批準

　　真題連線2009 Text 2

　　It is a wise father that knows his own child, but today a man can boost his paternal (fatherly) wisdom—or at least confirm that he’s the kid’s dad.俗話說，賢父知己子。可如今，男人卻可以有方法來提升自己做父親的智慧了——或至少可以確認自己是孩子的爸爸。

　　conflict★

　　構詞con共同+flict打擊→共同打→沖突

　　n.1.war 戰爭

　　2. a clash沖突

　　真題連線2007 Part B

　　They should also learn how to solve problems and resolve conflicts, ways to brainstorm and think critically.他們也應該了解如何解決問題、化解沖突，應該了解集思廣益和批判性思考的方法。

　　conform★

　　構詞con共同+form形狀→形式共同→一致

　　v.1.to correspond in form or character; be similar.一致

　　2. comply 適合

　　鏈接conformity n.一致;遵守(con共同+form 形狀+ity名詞后綴→一致)

　　真題連線1999英譯漢

　　While there are almost as many definitions of history as there are historians，modern practice most closely conforms to one that sees history as the attempt to recreate and explain the significant events of the past. 幾乎每個歷史學家對史學都有自己的界定，但現代史學家的實踐最趨于認為歷史學是試圖重現過去的重大史實并對其做出解釋。

　　confront★

　　構詞con互相，共同+front前額→互相面對→對抗

　　v.1.to come face to face with面對

　　2.to come up against; encounter:碰到;遇到

　　vi.to engage in confrontation進行反抗

　　真題連線2003 Text 4

　　But not even a great health-care system can cure death——and our failure to confront that reality now threatens this greatness of ours. 但是即使有一個偉大的醫療衛生體系，死亡也是無法戰勝的——而我們不能面對這個現實，正危及我們自身的偉大。

　　confuse★

　　構詞con共同+fuse流，瀉→流到一起→混合，混亂

　　vt.1.throw off使迷惑

　　2.to mistake誤解

　　3.to make opaque; blur 使不透明;把…弄模糊

　　鏈接confusion n.混亂(con共同+fuse流，瀉 +ion名詞后綴→混亂)

　　真題連線2009 Text 4

　　Sexual confusion, economic frustrations , and religious hope—all name together in a decisive moment when he opened the Bible, told his father the first line he saw would settle his fate, and read the magical words: “come out from among them, touch no unclean thing , and I will be your God and you shall be my people.” 性的困惑、經濟上的挫折以及宗教上的希望——這所有的一切匯聚于在他打開了圣經的一剎那，告訴他的神父他讀到的第一行字將決定他的命運的時候，于是他讀到了一行神秘的話語：“務必要從他們中間出來，勿沾不凈之物，我將成為你們的上帝，你將成為我的子民。”

　　congress★

　　構詞con共同+gress行走→走到一起→代表大會

　　n.1.代表大會

　　2.立法機關

　　真題連線2005 Text 2

　　If the administration won’t take the legislative initiative, Congress should help to begin fashioning conservation measures . 如果政府不爭取立法上的主動權，國會就應該幫助政府開始采取保護措施。