Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.

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faith [feθ] 詞頻1 詞根: 信任
n. 信用,信任;宗教信仰;忠誠(chéng);宗教; int. 實(shí)在,確實(shí);
?? fai(trust)+th(名詞后綴)→信仰;信心
"The workers thought that the boss acted in bad faith."
工人們認(rèn)為老板的行為居心不良.
近義:belief, credence, religion, creed, assurance, sureness 反義:misgiving, mistrust, suspicion, suspiciousness, disbelief, doubtfulness
briefly ['brifli] 詞頻2
adv. 短暫地;簡(jiǎn)單地;簡(jiǎn)略地;略略;
?? bri(short)+ef+ly→簡(jiǎn)短地;短暫地
"He had spoken to Emma only briefly ."
他和埃瑪只講了短短的幾句話(huà)。
近義:shortly, succinctly, summarily, tersely, momentarily, momently 反義:mainly, mostly, principally, vastly, widely, thoroughly
occurrence [?'k?r?ns] 詞頻3 詞根: cur
n. 發(fā)生,出現(xiàn);遭遇,事件;
?? oc反復(fù)+curr跑,發(fā)生+ence性質(zhì),狀態(tài) →出現(xiàn),產(chǎn)生
"The occurrence of the disease is apparently related to standards of hygiene."
這種病的發(fā)生率顯然與衛(wèi)生狀況相關(guān).
近義:imminence, approach, incident, instance, arrival, occasion
illogical [i'l?d?ik?l] 詞根: il
adj. 不合邏輯的;無(wú)意義的;
"She has an illogical fear of insects."
她毫無(wú)道理地害怕昆蟲(chóng)。
近義:implausible, inane, inarticulate, incongruous, inconsistent, irrational 反義:intelligent, logic, practical, rational, reasonable, sensible
belief [b?'lif] 詞頻2
n. 信,信任;信念,意見(jiàn);信條;
?? 病(b)鵝(e)對(duì)(d)劣(lie)匪(f)的 信念 網(wǎng)友:tom zxl 補(bǔ)充:be(是)+lie(躺)+f 信念是靈魂所躺之處 信念就是(be)謊言(lie
"I admire his passionate belief in what he is doing."
我佩服他對(duì)自己的工作所抱的堅(jiān)定信心。
近義:idea, judgement, judgment, knowledge, assurance, notion 反義:incredulity, astonishment, misgiving, mistrust, stun, stupefaction
improbable [im'pr?b?bl] 詞頻5 詞根: 證明
adj. 不大可能是真實(shí)的,不大可能的;未必確實(shí)的;未必會(huì)發(fā)生的;非概然;
"It seems improbable that the current situation will continue."
當(dāng)前的局勢(shì)似乎不大可能繼續(xù)下去。
近義:imaginary, implausible, unbelievable, uncertain, unlikely, utopical 反義:likely

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