belief
noun OPAL W
/bɪˈliːf/
/bɪˈliːf/
Idioms 相信;信心 - belief in something/somebody 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。 - belief in God/democracy
对上帝/民主的笃信 - The incident has shaken my belief (= made me have less confidence) in the police.
这件事动摇了我对警察的信心。 - belief that… They share a belief that there is life after death.
他们都相信死后还有生命。
Topics Religion and festivalsb1- I think the rights and wrongs of eating meat are a matter of personal belief.
我认为食肉是对还是错是个人信仰问题。 - She has lost her belief in God.
她已不再信仰上帝。 - The child's death shook her belief in God.
孩子夭折动摇了她对上帝的信仰。 - They had a shared belief in the power of education.
他们都相信教育的力量。 - We remain united in our belief in democracy.
我们仍然坚信民主。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- absolute
- deep-seated
- deeply held
- …
- set
- system
- espouse
- have
- hold
- …
- persist
- system
- beyond belief
- in the belief that
- belief about
- …
- contrary to popular belief
- belief in something/somebody I admire his passionate belief in what he is doing.
看法;信念 - belief that… 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。 - There is a widespread belief that multinationals have too much power.
人们普遍认为跨国公司权力过大。 - a widely/commonly held belief
普遍持有的信仰 - in the belief that… 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。 - I took the job in the mistaken belief that I would be able to stay in London.
我接受了那个工作,因为我错以为这样就能留在伦敦。 - 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,他对这桩悲剧没有责任。
Topics Opinion and argumentb1- It's my belief that she's telling the truth.
我相信她说的是实话。 - He shared his father's belief that people should work hard for their living.
他和他的父亲都相信人应该为生活而努力工作。 - She did it in the belief that it would help her career.
她这样做是因为她相信这有助于自己的事业。 - She was strict with her children in the genuine belief that it was the right thing to do.
她对孩子很严,因为她深信这样做是正确的。 - She clung to the belief that he would come back to her.
她始终相信他会回到自己身边。 - The exam results encouraged the belief that he was a good teacher.
考试结果使人们相信他是位好老师。 - There is a belief among young people that education is a waste of time.
年轻人中有一种观点认为教育是在浪费时间。 - This latest evidence strengthens our belief that the government is doing the right thing.
最新的迹象使我们更加相信政府的做法是对的。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- absolute
- deep-seated
- deeply held
- …
- set
- system
- espouse
- have
- hold
- …
- persist
- system
- beyond belief
- in the belief that
- belief about
- …
- contrary to popular belief
- belief that… There is a general belief that things will soon get better.
信仰;宗教信仰 - religious/political beliefs
宗教/政治信仰 - A society should be judged on its beliefs and values.
一个社会应该根据它的信仰和价值观来判断。 - belief about something Some people hold beliefs about the world that are not supported by science.
有些人对世界持有科学不支持的信念。
- Each religion has its set of beliefs.
每个宗教都有一套信仰。 - He tried to impose his beliefs on other people.
他试图把自己的信仰强加于人。 - I have very firm beliefs about moral issues.
我在道德问题上持有非常坚定的信念。 - The Labour Party must stick to its beliefs.
工党必须坚持本身的信念。 - The people still follow their traditional beliefs.
那些人仍然遵循传统的信仰。 - They were persecuted for their religious beliefs.
他们因宗教信仰而遭受迫害。 - You must respect other people's beliefs.
你必须尊重他人的信仰。 - an attempt to reconcile apparently opposite beliefs
为调和看似相互对立的信仰作出的努力 - beliefs about the origin of the universe
对宇宙起源的看法 - the basic beliefs of Christianity
基督教的基本信仰 - People who did not subscribe to the dominant beliefs of society were widely persecuted.
不认同社会主流信仰的人受到了广泛的迫害。 - The beliefs of a minority have come to dominate the political agenda.
少数人的信仰已经主导了政治议程。 - Those holding Socialist beliefs were expelled from the organization.
那些持有社会主义信仰的人被该组织开除了。 - You need to examine your own attitudes and beliefs.
你需要检讨一下自己的态度和信仰。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- absolute
- deep-seated
- deeply held
- …
- set
- system
- espouse
- have
- hold
- …
- persist
- system
- beyond belief
- in the belief that
- belief about
- …
- contrary to popular belief
compare disbelief, unbelief- religious/political beliefs
词源Middle English: alteration of Old English gelēafa; compare with believe.
Idioms
beggar belief/description
- to be too extreme, horrible, etc. to believe/describe
难以相信;无法形容 - It beggars belief how things could have got this bad.
真是难以置信,情况怎么会恶化到这种地步。
- It beggars belief how things could have got this bad.
beyond belief
- (in a way that is) too great, difficult, etc. to be believed
令人难以置信 - 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。 - icy air that was cold beyond belief
冷得令人无法相信的冰冷空气 - It is beyond belief that anyone could commit such a crime.
真是无法相信竟然有人会犯下如此罪行。
- Dissatisfaction with the government has grown beyond belief.
to the best of your knowledge/belief
- as far as you know
据某人所知(或了解) - He never made a will, to the best of my knowledge.
据我所知,他从未立过遗嘱。
- He never made a will, to the best of my knowledge.