英语词汇faith怎么读，是什么意思，单词翻译、读音、固定搭配用法和短语词组及例句-英汉双解词典

faith

feɪθ  feɪθ 

Word forms: plural faiths

1 N-UNCOUNT 相信;信任 If you have faith in someone or something, you feel confident about their ability or goodness. 相信;信任

She had placed a great deal of faith in Mr Penleigh. [+ in]

她对彭利先生极其信任。
People have lost faith in the British Parliament. [+ in]

人们已经对英国议会失去了信任。

SYN confidence, trust, credit, conviction

2 N-COUNT [usually adjective NOUN] 宗教 A faith is a particular religion, for example Christianity, Buddhism, or Islam. 宗教

England shifted officially from a Catholic to a Protestant faith in the 16th century.

英格兰于 16 世纪正式由天主教改信新教。

SYN religion, church, belief, persuasion

3 N-UNCOUNT 宗教信仰 Faith is strong religious belief in a particular God. 宗教信仰

Umberto Eco's loss of his own religious faith is reflected in his novels.

翁贝托·艾柯个人宗教信仰的丧失反映在了他的小说里。

4 PHRASE 背弃;对…不忠;脱离 If you break faith with someone you made a promise to or something you believed in, you stop acting in a way that supports them. 背弃;对…不忠;脱离

If we don't, we're breaking faith with our people!

如果我们不这样，就是对我们的人民背信弃义！

SYN be disloyal to, betray, be unfaithful to, be untrue to

5 PHRASE 真诚地;真心实意地;好意地 If you do something in good faith, you seriously believe that what you are doing is right, honest, or legal, even though this may not be the case. 真诚地;真心实意地;好意地

This report was published in good faith but we regret any confusion which may have been caused.

我们发表这篇报道的初衷是好的，但对可能已造成的混乱深感歉意。

SYN honestly, sincerely, honourably

6 PHRASE 信守(诺言);恪守 If you keep faith with someone you have made a promise to or something you believe in, you continue to support them even when it is difficult to do so. 信守(诺言);恪守

He has made one of the most powerful American films of the year by keeping faith with his radical principles.

他秉承自己一贯的激进风格，制作出了本年度美国最有感染力的影片之一。

SYN be loyal to, support, defend, stand by

7 See also: article of faith leap of faith

Quotations

Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable H.L. Mencken Prejudices: Third Series

Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen Bible: Hebrews

I show you doubt, to prove that faith exists Robert Browning Balaustion's Adventure

Faith without works is dead Bible: James

The faith that stands on authority is not faith Ralph Waldo Emerson Essays

Word Partnership

Word Partnership	Use faith with:
VERB.	have faith, lose faith 1 3 practice your faith 2
ADJ.	blind faith, little faith 1 3 religious faith 2 3
N.	faith in God 3

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