faith
noun/feɪθ/
/feɪθ/
Idioms - [uncountable] trust in somebody’s ability or knowledge; trust that somebody/something will do what has been promised
信任；相信；信心 - If the company can retain its customers' faith, it could become the market leader.
如果这家公司能持续获得顾客的信任，就会成为市场的领导者。 - faith in somebody/something I have faith in you—I know you'll do well.
我对你有信心，我知道你会干好的。 - We've lost faith in the government's promises.
我们不再相信政府的承诺。 - Her friend's kindness has restored her faith in human nature.
朋友的善意使她恢复了对人性的信心。 - I wouldn't put too much faith in what she says.
我不会太相信她说的话。 - He has blind faith (= unreasonable trust) in doctors' ability to find a cure.
他盲目相信医生有妙手回春的能力。
Extra Examples- Business crime undermines public faith in the business system.
商业犯罪会破坏公众对商业系统的信任。 - He distrusted political systems and placed his faith in the genius of individuals.
他不相信政治体制，而是相信个人天赋。 - He seems to have a blind faith in his boss.
他似乎盲目信任他的老板。 - Her faith in human nature had been badly shaken.
她对人性的信心已大大动摇了。 - I have little faith in doctors these days.
我如今几乎不相信医生。 - I wish I shared your faith in the jury system.
但愿我能和你一样相信陪审团制度。 - If the company can retain its customers' faith it could become the market leader.
如果这家公司能持续获得顾客的信任，就会成为市场的领导者。 - She showed a touching faith in my ability to resolve any and every difficulty.
她相信我有能力解决任何困难，这令人感动。 - These reforms are totally untested and will require a leap of faith on the part of teachers.
这些改革是完全未经检验的，将需要教师们以开放的心态勇敢尝试。 - They are trying to restore faith in the political system.
他们正努力恢复对政治体制的信任。 - They kept the faith (= kept believing in somebody/something) in the face of ridicule.
面对嘲笑，他们一直忠贞不渝。 - an artist whose work reflects his abiding faith in humanity
作品体现其一贯的人道主义信念的艺术家 - people who lose faith in themselves
失去自信的人们 - If I were you, I would not place too much faith in their findings.
如果我是你，我不会太相信他们的发现。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- enormous
- great
- tremendous
- …
- have
- pin
- place
- …
- faith in
- an act of faith
- a lack of faith
- a leap of faith
- …
- If the company can retain its customers' faith, it could become the market leader.
- [uncountable, singular] strong religious belief
宗教信仰 - to have faith
有信仰 - to lose your faith
失去信仰 - Faith is stronger than reason.
信仰比理智更有力。 - a woman of strong religious faith
非常虔诚的女人 - faith in somebody/something He started questioning his faith in God.
他开始质疑自己对上帝的信仰。
Collocations ReligionReligionBeing religious- believe in God/Christ/Allah/free will/predestination/heaven and hell/an afterlife/reincarnation
- be/become a believer/an atheist/an agnostic/a Christian/Muslim/Hindu/Buddhist, etc.
- convert to/practise a religion/Buddhism/Catholicism/Christianity/Islam/Judaism, etc.
- go to church/(North American English) temple (= the synagogue)
- go to the local church/mosque/synagogue/gurdwara
- belong to a church/a religious community
- join/enter the church/a convent/a monastery/a religious sect/the clergy/the priesthood
- praise/worship/obey/serve/glorify God
- attend/hold/conduct/lead a service
- perform a ceremony/a rite/a ritual/a baptism/the Hajj/a mitzvah
- carry out/perform a sacred/burial/funeral/fertility/purification rite
- go on/make a pilgrimage
- celebrate Christmas/Easter/Eid/Ramadan/Hanukkah/Passover/Diwali
- observe/break the Sabbath/a fast/Ramadan
- deliver/preach/hear a sermon
- lead/address the congregation
- say/recite a prayer/blessing
- preach/proclaim/spread the word of God/the Gospel/the message of Islam
- study/follow the dharma/the teachings of Buddha
- read/study/understand/interpret scripture/the Bible/the Koran/the gospel/the Torah
- be based on/derive from divine revelation
- commit/consider something heresy/sacrilege
- seek/find/gain enlightenment/wisdom
- strengthen/lose your faith
- keep/practise/practice/abandon the faith
- save/purify/lose your soul
- obey/follow/keep/break/violate a commandment/Islamic law/Jewish law
- be/accept/do God’s will
- receive/experience divine grace
- achieve/attain enlightenment/salvation/nirvana
- undergo a conversion/rebirth/reincarnation
- hear/answer a prayer
- commit/confess/forgive a sin
- do/perform penance
Extra ExamplesTopics Religion and festivalsb2- He found faith gradually, rather than in a sudden conversion.
他的信仰是逐渐形成的，不是突然皈依。 - I lost my faith when my parents died.
父母去世后，我失去了信仰。 - They believe that people can come to salvation through faith.
他们相信人们能够通过信仰得救。 - her new-found faith in Jesus
她新近才有的对耶稣的信仰
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- religious
- deep
- genuine
- …
- have
- come to
- find
- …
- healer
- healing
- through faith
- faith in
- an article of faith
- to have faith
- [countable] a particular religion
（某一）宗教 - the Christian/Catholic/Islamic/Muslim/Jewish faith
基督教；天主教；伊斯兰教；犹太教 - The children are learning to understand people of different faiths.
孩子们在学着理解不同宗教信仰的人。 - people of all faiths and none
各种信仰和无信仰的人
Extra Examples- Christianity is a faith which has shaped the history of Britain.
基督教是一种塑造了英国历史的信仰。 - Christians were allowed to practise their faith unmolested by the authorities.
基督徒获准进行宗教活动，不受当局干涉。 - He felt the call to preach the faith to others.
他感受到向他人传播宗教信仰的召唤。 - a large decline in the number of people who have an active faith of any sort
有某种积极信仰的人的数量的大幅度下降 - Their aim was to keep alive the traditional Jewish faith.
他们的目标是使传统的犹太教信仰生生不息。 - The study of other world faiths is an important part of religious education.
研究其他世界性宗教是宗教教育的重要部份。 - the role of parents in passing on the faith to their children
父母在给孩子传承宗教信仰方面所起的作用 - a committee which is made up of members of different faith groups
由不同宗教信仰团体的成员组成的委员会
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- living
- world
- Catholic
- …
- profess
- practise/practice
- keep alive
- …
- tradition
- community
- group
- …
- people of different faiths
- the Christian/Catholic/Islamic/Muslim/Jewish faith
- [uncountable] good/bad faith the intention to do something right/wrong
诚意；善意；恶意 - They handed over the weapons as a gesture of good faith.
他们交出武器以示诚意。 - The judge did not find any bad faith on the part of the defendants.
法官没有发现被告有任何不良意图。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bad
- good
- break
- in bad faith
- in good faith
- keep faith with somebody
- …
- They handed over the weapons as a gesture of good faith.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French feid, from Latin fides.
Idioms
break/keep faith with somebody
- to break/keep a promise that you have made to somebody; to stop/continue supporting somebody
对某人不守信用／守信用；不忠诚／忠诚于某人 - As club manager he was not prepared to keep faith with the players who had failed him.
作为俱乐部主教练，他不准备对那些让他失望的球员保持信心。
- As club manager he was not prepared to keep faith with the players who had failed him.
in bad faith
- knowing that what you are doing is wrong
存心不良；背信弃义地 - They had entered into the contract in bad faith.
他们是恶意签订合同的。
- They had entered into the contract in bad faith.
in good faith
- believing that what you are doing is right; believing that something is correct
真诚；诚心诚意 - We printed the report in good faith but have now learnt that it was incorrect.
我们好意印发了这份报告，但现在才知道它并不正确。 - He bought the painting in good faith (= he did not know that it had been stolen).
他出于善意购买了这幅画（=他不知道它被偷了）。
- We printed the report in good faith but have now learnt that it was incorrect.
a leap of faith
- a belief in something that is not known or has not been done before
勇敢一试；冒险去相信 - These reforms are totally untested and will require a leap of faith on the part of teachers.
这些改革是完全未经检验的，将需要教师们以开放的心态勇敢尝试。
- These reforms are totally untested and will require a leap of faith on the part of teachers.
pin your faith on somebody/something
(also pin (all) your hopes on somebody/something )
- to rely on somebody/something completely for success or help
完全依赖；寄希望于；指望 - She did not pin much faith on their chances of success.
她不太相信他们能获得成功。
Extra Examples- He pinned all his hopes on getting that job.
他把希望全寄托在得到那份工作上了。 - The company is pinning its hopes on the new project.
这家公司对此新项目寄予厚望。
- She did not pin much faith on their chances of success.