a leap of faith
anactofbelievingsomething that is noteasilybelieved:
不易的举动；让人难以置信的做法It took abigleapoffaithtodecidetoquitmyjobandtrysomething new.放弃我的工作尝试新的东西的确不是一个容易的决定。
Believing
- accept
- allegedly
- article of faith
- ascribesomethingtosomething
- ascription
- belief
- credit
- deluded
- evidently
- feel it inyourbonesidiom
- givesomeonethe benefit of the doubtidiom
- gospel
- hold
- seesomethinginsomeone/something
- seeing is believingidiom
- self-deceit
- self-deceiving
- self-deluded
- stock
- word
leap of faith| American Dictionary
leap of faith
anactofbelievingsomething that is noteasilybelieved:
It took abigleap offaithtodecidetoquitmyjobandtrysomething new.
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a leap of faith
We must achieve thisleapoffaithfor our own human nature.
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However, engagement by others in this construct is predicated on a secularleapoffaithor two.
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Dealing with this uncertainty will perhaps require instead a large amount of trust in the other parties, and a giantleapoffaith.
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However, it requires a greatleapoffaithto jump from these results to the conclusion that economic growth on its own will foster environmental improvement automatically.
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The others talked about the possibility of doing likewise, although one man used the expression 'leapoffaith' in this context three times during the course of his interview.
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We are not faced with food shortages that require us to take that enormousleapoffaith.
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No one has followed thatleapoffaith.
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Believing that requires a considerableleapoffaith.
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All sides are making a greatleapoffaith.
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Now we are asked for anotherleapoffaith: another act of trust.
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I was also one of those who believed that it would not possible for it to make thatleapoffaith, but it did.
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I hope that over the next few weeks she will be willing to take thatleapoffaith, and trust heads and teachers.
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I feel strongly that if we do not say that we will make thatleapoffaithnow, we may never do it.
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The decision to make a resolution is the "leapoffaith" because the resolution always leads the person forward.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It took me a number of years to make thatleapoffaith, she states when commenting on becoming a full-time writer.
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