英汉词典

believe 基本解释

• vi. 信任；料想；笃信宗教
• vt. 相信；认为；信任

believe 词态变化

believe 中文词源

前缀be-, 强调。-lieve, 爱，同love. 因为爱所以相信。

believe 英文词源

believe

believe: [OE] Believing and loving are closely allied. Late Old English belēfan took the place of an earlier gelēfan ‘believe’ (with the associative prefix ge-), which can be traced back to a prehistoric West and North Germanic *galaubjan (source also of German glauben ‘believe’). This meant ‘hold dear, love’, and hence ‘trust in, believe’, and it was formed on a base, *laub-, which also produced, by various routes, English love, lief ‘dear’, leave ‘permission’, and the second element of furlough.
=> furlough, leave, lief, love

believe (v.)

Old English belyfan "to believe," earlier geleafa (Mercian), gelefa (Northumbrian), gelyfan (West Saxon) "believe," from Proto-Germanic *ga-laubjan "to believe," perhaps literally "hold dear, love" (cognates: Old Saxon gilobian "believe," Dutch geloven, Old High German gilouben, German glauben), ultimately a compound based on PIE *leubh- "to care, desire, love" (see belief).

Spelling beleeve is common till 17c.; then altered, perhaps by influence of relieve, etc. To believe on instead of in was more common in 16c. but now is a peculiarity of theology; believe of also sometimes was used in 17c. Related: Believed (formerly occasionally beleft); believing. Expression believe it or not attested by 1874; Robert Ripley's newspaper cartoon of the same name is from 1918. Emphatic you better believe attested from 1854.

believe 词组搭配

believe 英文释义

1. accept as true; take to be true;

"I believed his report"

"We didn't believe his stories from the War"

"She believes in spirits"

2. judge or regard; look upon; judge;

"I think he is very smart"

"I believe her to be very smart"

"I think that he is her boyfriend"

"The racist conceives such people to be inferior"

3. be confident about something;

"I believe that he will come back from the war"

4. follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer;

"When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too"

5. credit with veracity;

"You cannot believe this man"

"Should we believe a publication like the National Inquirer?"

believe 同义词解析

believe, trust, confide, rely

这些动词均含有"相信，信任"之意。

believe： 普通用词，常表示一种缓和、不太肯定的口气。

trust： 指绝对相信或信赖某人。

confide： 侧重忠诚可靠与可信赖。

rely： 指在相信的基础上可进一步依靠，着重可靠性。

consider, think, believe, count, deem, reckon, regard

这些动词均含有"认为"之意。

consider： 指经过考虑和观察后得出的结论。

think： 普通用词，指按照自己的意见提出看法。

believe： 通常指根据一定的证据，经思考后而认为属实。

count： 指作出判断后而得出的看法等。

deem： 正式用词，常用于法律、文学，强调作判断而不是思考。

reckon： 指对人或事作全面"权衡"，把各方面意见考虑进去后得出结论。

regard： 侧重凭外表或表面现象作判断。多强调观点。

believe 双语例句

1. Words like " believe " and " receive " are a source of confusion in spelling.

诸如believe和receive这样的词在拼写上容易混淆.

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2. I believe he is most painfully anxious about Diana.

我相信他肯定非常担心黛安娜。

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3. I believe that a journalist should be completely objective.

我认为新闻记者不应当有丝毫偏见。

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4. And would you believe it, he's younger than me!

你信吗？他比我年轻！

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5. They can't believe you can even hold a conversation.

他们不敢相信你竟然能够把一场对话进行下去。

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believe 实用场景例句

‘Does he still work there? ’ ‘I believe so/not . ’

“他还在那里工作吗？”“我想是 / 不是。”

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Three sailors are missing, believed drowned.

有三位船员失踪。相信是淹死了。

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Believe me, she's not right for you.

相信我，她不适合你。

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Don't believe a word of it (= don't believe any part of what sb is saying) .

一点也不要相信那些话。

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People used to believe (that) the earth was flat.

人们一度认为地球是平的。

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He refused to believe (that) his son was involved in drugs.

他不愿相信他的儿子沾染毒品。

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I do believe you're right (= I think sth is true, even though it is surprising).

我的确相信你是对的。

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Police believe (that) the man may be armed.

警方认为那个人可能携有武器。

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It is believed that the couple have left the country.

据信那对夫妇已经离开了这个国家。

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The vases are believed to be worth over $20 000 each.

那些花瓶据估计每个价值都超过2万元。

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‘Where does she come from? ’ ‘Spain, I believe. ’

“她是哪里人？”“我想是西班牙人。”

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I find that hard to believe .

我对此感到难以相信。

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I don't believe you!

我不相信你的话！

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I believed his lies for years.

我很多年都对他的谎话信以为真。

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The man claimed to be a social worker and the old woman believed him.

那个男人自称是社会福利工作者，老妇人信以为真。

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I was a physical and emotional wreck — I still can't believe how I ever got any work done.

我那时身心俱疲——现在还难以相信我是怎么把一些事情做成的。

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I could not believe my eyes. She was far more beautiful than I had imagined.

我简直不敢相信自己的眼睛。她比我想象的漂亮多了。

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That's normal, believe it or not.

那很正常，信不信由你。

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And would you believe it, he's younger than me!

你信吗？他比我年轻！

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It's absolutely amazing, believe you me.

这太不可思议了，真的。

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If you believe in yourself you can succeed.

只要自信，就能成功。

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Many officers I spoke to found it hard to believe what was happening around them...

很多和我谈过的官员都觉得发生在他们周围的事情令人难以置信。

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Experts believe that the coming drought will be extensive...

专家们认为即将发生的旱灾将侵袭大片地区。

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I believe you have something of mine...

我想你拿了我什么东西。

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He did not sound as if he believed her...

他听起来似乎并不相信她。

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Never believe anything a married man says about his wife...

永远不要相信一个已婚男人说的任何有关他妻子的话。

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I don't believe in ghosts...

我不相信有鬼。

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Do you believe in magic?

你相信魔法真的存在吗？

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He believed in marital fidelity.

他认为婚内应该忠诚。

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...decent candidates who believed in democracy.

信奉民主政治的正派候选人

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