1 N-UNCOUNT 信心；信念；信仰 Belief is a feeling of certainty that something exists, is true, or is good. 信心；信念；信仰
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One billion people throughout the world are Muslims, united by belief in one god. [+ in]
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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...a belief in personal liberty. [+ in]
对个人自由的信仰
SYN trust, confidence, faith, conviction
2 N-PLURAL （对宗教或政治的）信仰，观点，看法 Your religious or political beliefs are your views on religious or political matters. （对宗教或政治的）信仰，观点，看法
SYN faith, principles, doctrine, ideology
3 N-SING [usu N that] 信念；坚定的看法 If it is your belief that something is the case, it is your strong opinion that it is the case. 信念；坚定的看法
SYN opinion, feeling, idea, view
4 PHRASE 难以置信 You use beyond belief to emphasize that something is true to a very great degree or that it happened to a very great degree. 难以置信 [emphasis]
5 PHRASE 和人们一般的认识相反；和一般看法相反 You use contrary to popular belief to introduce a statement that is the opposite to what is thought to be true by most ordinary people. 和人们一般的认识相反；和一般看法相反
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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。
6 PHRASE （通常错误地）认为 If you do one thing in the belief that another thing is true or will happen, you do it because you think, usually wrongly, that it is true or will happen. （通常错误地）认为
ThesaurusWord Partnership
| Thesaurus | belief Also look up: |
| N. | dogma, faith, ideology, principle 2 assumption, opinion 3 |
| Word Partnership | Use belief with: |
| PREP. | belief in something1 beyond belief4 |
| N. | belief in God12 |
| ADJ. | religious/spiritual belief12 firm belief, strong belief, widespread belief13 (contrary to) popular belief135 |
| VERB. | hold a belief13 |
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