1、lay out

（整齊地）鋪開，展開，攤開

Grace laid out the knives and forks at the lunch-table.

格雷絲把刀叉擺放在午餐桌上。

She took a deck of cards and began to lay them out.

她拿了一副撲克，開始擺牌。

闡述；講解；說明

Maxwell listened closely as Johnson laid out his plan.

馬克斯韋爾仔細聽著約翰遜講解其計劃。

Cuomo laid it out in simple language.

科莫用簡單的語言作了解釋。

規劃，布置，設計（場地或建筑）

When we laid out the car parks, we reckoned on one car per four families.

規劃停車場時，我們預計的是每4個家庭有一輛車。

Only people that use a kitchen all the time understand the best way to lay it out.

只有經常使用廚房的人才會懂得如何設計好廚房。

2、confident

堅信的;有信心的

I am confident that everything will come out right in time.

我堅信一切終究都會好起來。

Mr Ryan is confident of success.

瑞安先生堅信一定會成功。

自信的;充滿信心的

In time he became more confident and relaxed.

過了一段時間，他變得更加自信、更為放松。

She is a confident woman who is certain of her views.

她是一位充滿自信的女性，對自己的觀點深信不疑。

肯定的;有把握的

She is confident that everybody is on her side.

她確信所有人都站在她這邊。

'Bet you I can', comes the confident reply.

“我肯定行。”傳來一個很有把握的回答。