英汉词典

belief 基本解释

• n. 相信，信赖；信仰；教义

belief 词态变化

belief 英文词源

belief (n.)

late 12c., bileave, replacing Old English geleafa "belief, faith," from West Germanic *ga-laubon "to hold dear, esteem, trust" (cognates: Old Saxon gilobo, Middle Dutch gelove, Old High German giloubo, German Glaube), from *galaub- "dear, esteemed," from intensive prefix *ga- + *leubh- "to care, desire, like, love" (see love (v.)). The prefix was altered on analogy of the verb believe. The distinction of the final consonant from that of believe developed 15c.

"The be-, which is not a natural prefix of nouns, was prefixed on the analogy of the vb. (where it is naturally an intensive) .... [OED]

Belief used to mean "trust in God," while faith meant "loyalty to a person based on promise or duty" (a sense preserved in keep one's faith, in good (or bad) faith and in common usage of faithful, faithless, which contain no notion of divinity). But faith, as cognate of Latin fides, took on the religious sense beginning in 14c. translations, and belief had by 16c. become limited to "mental acceptance of something as true," from the religious use in the sense of "things held to be true as a matter of religious doctrine" (a sense attested from early 13c.).

belief 词组搭配

belief 英文释义

1. any cognitive content held as true

2. a vague idea in which some confidence is placed;

"his impression of her was favorable"

"what are your feelings about the crisis?"

"it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"

"I had a feeling that she was lying"

belief 同义词解析

belief, faith, confidence, conviction, credit, trust

这些名词都有"相信，信任"之意。

belief： 普通用词，指单纯从主观上的相信，不着重这种相信是否有根据。

faith： 语气较强，强调完全相信；有时也能仅凭感觉产生的相信。

confidence： 指对某人某事有充分信心，断定不会使人失望，因而给予信任。

conviction： 多指根据长期交往或实践，对某人某事有了认识和了解后产生的信心和相信，侧重其坚定性。

credit： 语气最弱，着重以声誉为信任的基础。

trust： 强调相信、信任的完全可靠。

belief 双语例句

1. The Greeks accepted belief in the immortality of the soul.

希腊人相信灵魂不灭。

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2. Sweden is lovely in summer— cold beyond belief in winter.

瑞典的夏天非常宜人——冬天却冷得让人难以置信。

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3. America's belief in its own God-ordained uniqueness started to erode.

美国人心中上帝赋予了他们独一无二的品质的信念开始逐渐丧失。

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4. Belief in the utility of higher education is shared by students nationwide.

全国的学生都相信高等教育是有用的。

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5. He holds the belief that he is a latter-day prophet.

他深信自己是当代先知。

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belief 实用场景例句

icy air that was cold beyond belief

冷得令人无法相信的冰冷空气

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religious/political beliefs

宗教 / 政治信仰

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Dissatisfaction with the government has grown beyond belief.

对政府的不满已经达到令人难以置信的程度。

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I admire his passionate belief in what he is doing.

我佩服他对自己的工作所抱的坚定信心。

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belief in God/democracy

对上帝 / 民主的笃信

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She acted in the belief that she was doing good.

她这么做是因为她认定自己是在做好事。

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Contrary to popular belief (= in spite of what people may think) , he was not responsible for the tragedy.

与大家的看法相反，他对这出悲剧没有责任。

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There is a general belief that things will soon get better.

大家普遍认为情况很快就会好转。

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Her son's skin improved beyond belief.

她儿子的皮肤得到了难以置信的改善。

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Contrary to popular belief, there is no evidence that what you look like makes much difference to your life.

和人们一般的看法相反，没有证据表明面相对人生有多大影响。

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Civilians had broken into the building, apparently in the belief that it contained food.

平民百姓闯进了大楼，显然他们误以为里面有食物。

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...a belief in personal liberty.

对个人自由的信仰

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He refuses to compete on Sundays because of his religious beliefs.

出于宗教信仰，他拒绝在礼拜天进行比赛。

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It is our belief that improvements in health care will lead to a stronger, more prosperous economy.

我们坚信，改善医疗保健会使经济更加繁荣昌盛。

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We are devastated, shocked beyond belief...

我们极为震惊，无法相信所发生的一切。

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One billion people throughout the world are Muslims, united by belief in one god.

全世界有10亿穆斯林，共同的一神信仰将他们团结在一起。

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Don't speak badly about someone who is not here.

不要说不在这里的人的坏话.

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The affair awoke them from the false belief.

这件事使他们从迷信中清醒过来.

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Her belief that taxes should be higher was heresy.

她认为应该增加税收,这是异端邪说.

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Their society was built around a belief in God.

他们的社会建立在信仰上帝的基础上.

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The huts they lived in were sordid and filthy beyond belief.

他们住的小房真是异乎寻常地脏.

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There is nothing more natural than a child's belief in his parents.

没有任何事情比孩子对他父母的信赖更为自然.

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An unshakable belief sustained me.

一种不可动摇的信念支持着我.

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She's waiting patiently in the fond belief he'll come back to her.

她在耐心等待,痴情地相信他会回到她身边.

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This politician tried to cheat the people into the belief that he would work for public welfare.

这个政客想哄骗人们相信他是会为大众谋福利的.

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The belief that one should work hard is ingrained in our culture.

人人都应该努力工作这个信念在我们的文化中根深蒂固.

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They aim to deliver the people who are in bondage to superstitious belief.

他们的目的在于解脱那些受迷信束缚的人.

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