faith
n
1 [U] ~ (in sb/sth) trust; strong belief; unquestioning confidence 信任; 信仰; 信心
put one's faith in God 信仰上帝
Have you any faith in what he says? 你相信他的話(huà)嗎?
I haven't much faith in this medicine. 我對(duì)這種藥沒(méi)有多大信心.
I've lost faith in that fellow, ie I can no longer trust him. 我再也不相信那個(gè)家伙了.
2 [U, sing] strong belief, without proof, in God or in an established religion 宗教信仰
a strong faith 堅(jiān)定的宗教信仰
lose one's faith 失去對(duì)上帝的信仰
Faith is stronger than reason. 宗教信仰比推理勸說(shuō)更具威力.
3 [C] religion 宗教: the Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths 基督教、 猶太教和伊斯蘭教.
4 (idm 習(xí)語(yǔ)) break/keep faith with sb break/keep one's promise to sb; be disloyal/loyal to sb 對(duì)某人不守信用[守信用]; 對(duì)某人不忠誠(chéng)[忠誠(chéng)]. in good `faith with honest intentions 真誠(chéng)地; 誠(chéng)意地
She signed the letter in good faith, not realizing its implications. 她真心實(shí)意地在信上簽了字, 沒(méi)意識(shí)到其中另有含義.
He bought the painting in good faith, eg not realizing that it had been stolen. 他買(mǎi)這幅畫(huà)時(shí)不虞內(nèi)有蹺蹊(如未想到是賊贓).
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失敗(fail)后對(duì)藤椅(th)很 信任 臉(face音)上的表情,顯示他的 信心
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*[feiθ]n. 信心, 信任, 忠實(shí), 保證【法】 信任, 信仰, 信念相關(guān)詞組: keep faith with sb break faith with sb have faith in... lose faith in... on faith on the faith of... in good faith in bad faith in faith