In the case of americans the vision has generally been one of hope and self-confidence . 拿美国人来说，这一远景总是充满希望和自信的。
It would be untrue to say that, strong and self-reliant as he normally was, he did not suffer . 要说他往常是坚强、自信的人，并不觉得苦痛是不真实的。
If this observation is accurate , as i believe it is , the implications are far-reaching . 如果这个见解正如我所自信的那样是正确的话，其意义是深远的。
When high expectations are thwarted they are apt to throw the confident individual into the blackest pessimism . 过高的期望受到挫折，可以使自信的人陷入失望的深渊。
The advance team was at the peak of their self-confidence, honed by political campaigns to a razor-edge . 这个先遣班子，由于在竞选运动中的磨炼，正是锋芒毕露达到了自信的顶峰。
Even more basic to the impression of assuredness is the nature of fielding's philosophy, sceptical but optimistic . 比这种自信的态度更根本的是菲尔丁哲学的性质：怀疑但是乐观。
Neville chamberlain, on the other hand, was alert, businesslike, opinionated and self-confident in a very high degree . 内维尔张伯伦先生则是一个极其精明能干、固执而自信的人。
A certain magnetism about him seemed to derive from a combination of shyness, personal charm and assurance of command . 他确乎有一种吸引力，似乎是羞怯、个人的魅力和领袖的自信的奇怪混合的产物。
To prevent warmth, all expressions of positiveness in opinions, or direct contradiction, were after some time made contraband . 为了防止激动，一切独断自信的陈述和针锋相对的争议后来都在禁止之例。
Even while i spoke in confident tones i could feel in anticipation the lashes which were soon to score our naked flesh . 甚至在我以自信的语调讲话时，我能预先感觉到不久即将打在我们裸露的皮肉的鞭挞。
