trust

noun

OPAL S

/trʌst/

Idioms

[uncountable] the belief that somebody/something is good, sincere, honest, etc. and will not try to harm or trick you相信；信任；信赖
- Our partnership is based on trust.我们的伙伴关系建立在信任的基础上。
- This is a relationship built on mutual trust.这是建立在相互信任基础上的关系。
- It has taken years to earn their trust.花了好多年才赢得他们的信任。
- We worked hard to gain the trust of local people.我们努力工作以赢得当地人的信任。
- Talking openly with your team helps to build trust.与你的团队开诚布公地交谈有助于建立信任。
- trust in somebody/something Her trust in him was unfounded.她对他的信任毫无道理。
- If you put your trust in me, I will not let you down.你要是信赖我，我就不会让你失望。
- I want to thank all those people who have placed their trust in me. 我要感谢所有信任我的人。
- She will not betray your trust (= do something that you have asked her not to do).她不会辜负你对她的信任。
- He was appointed to a position of trust (= a job involving a lot of responsibility, because people trust him).他被委以重任。
- This is a serious breach of trust.这是对信任的严重违背。
- The company has to earn the trust and confidence of consumers again.公司必须再次赢得消费者的信任和信心。
- trust between somebody and somebody There is a lack of trust between the two countries.两国之间缺乏信任。
- They had little trust for outsiders.他们对外人很不信任。
- We need to restore public trust.我们需要恢复公众的信任。
- I will do all I can do to deserve your trust.我会尽我所能，不辜负您的信任。
- It's good that you kept her trust.你保持了她对你的信任，这很好。
- The President needs to rebuild his personal trust with the electorate.总统需要重建选民对他个人的信任。
- Does the plan have the trust and cooperation of the workers?这一计划是否得到工人的信任和配合？
- They have placed great trust in him as a negotiator.他们完全信赖让他进行谈判。
- This girl does not exactly inspire trust.这个女孩并不能激起人们对她的信任。
- This requires a certain level of trust among the community's members.这要求社会成员之间要有一定程度的信任。
- We have absolute trust in the teachers.我们对老师完全信任。
- efforts to promote mutual trust between nations增进两国之间相互信任的努力
- the fragile trust that existed between them他们之间不堪一击的信任
Topics Personal qualitiesb2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- great
- absolute
- complete
- …
verb + trust
- have
- place
- put
- …
trust + verb
- exist
preposition
- trust among
- trust between
- trust for
- …
phrases
- a breach of trust
- a lack of trust
- a position of trust
- …
[uncountable] trust (in something) the belief that something is true or correct or that you can rely on it相信；认为可靠
- We place so much trust in computers that it gets a little scary.我们如此信任计算机，以至于有点害怕。
- Voters need to have trust in the voting system.选民需要对投票系统有信心。
- Public trust in science is harmed by inaccurate journalism.不准确的新闻报道损害了公众对科学的信任。
- If I were you, I would not place too much trust in their findings.如果我是你，我不会太相信他们的发现。
- a campaign to build consumer trust in the quality of dairy products一项在乳制品质量方面建立消费者信任的运动
- They followed the instructions in blind trust that all would turn out well.他们盲目地相信一切都不会有问题，于是执行了指令。
[countable, uncountable] (law法律) an arrangement by which an organization or a group of people has legal control of money or property that has been given to somebody, usually until that person reaches a particular age; an amount of money or property that is controlled in this way委托；信托；信托财产
- He set up a trust for his children.他为子女安排好了信托财产。
- The money will be held in trust until she is 18.这笔钱将由人代管到她 18 岁为止。
- Our fees depend on the value of the trust.我们的费用视信托金额而定。
see also blind trust, unit trust
- His father put the money in trust for him until he was 21.他爸爸将这笔钱委托他人代管，直到他 21 岁。
- a publicly traded real estate investment trust一家公开上市的房地产投资信托公司
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- offshore
- investment
- unit
- …
verb + trust
- hold something in
- hold something on
- keep something in
- …
trust + noun
- account
- assets
- fund
- …
preposition
- in trust
- trust for
[countable] (law法律) an organization or a group of people that invests money that is given or lent to it and uses the profits to help a charity受托基金机构；受托团体
- a charitable trust慈善基金机构
see also hospital trust
- They ran the trust as a non-profit making concern.他们对信托基金的运营不以营利为目的。
- The trust owns the land and the buildings.土地和房产归信托基金所有。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- independent
- charitable
- non-profit
- …
verb + trust
- manage
- run
trust + verb
- own
- manage
- run
- …
preposition
- trust for
[countable] (especially North American English, business商业) a group of companies that work together illegally to reduce competition, control prices, etc.托拉斯（为减少竞争、操纵价格等而非法联合的企业组织）
- anti-trust laws反托拉斯法

词源Middle English: from Old Norse traust, from traustr ‘strong’; the verb from Old Norse treysta, assimilated to the noun.

Idioms

in somebody’s trust | in the trust of somebody

being taken care of by somebody由某人保管（或照管）
- The family pet was left in the trust of a neighbour.这家的宠物委托邻居代管。

take something on trust

to believe what somebody says even though you do not have any proof or evidence to show that it is true听信；轻信；贸然相信

trust

verb

OPAL S

/trʌst/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they trust	/trʌst/ /trʌst/
he / she / it trusts	/trʌsts/ /trʌsts/
past simple trusted	/ˈtrʌstɪd/ /ˈtrʌstɪd/
past participle trusted	/ˈtrʌstɪd/ /ˈtrʌstɪd/
-ing form trusting	/ˈtrʌstɪŋ/ /ˈtrʌstɪŋ/

Idioms Phrasal Verbs

to have confidence in somebody; to believe that somebody is good, sincere, honest, etc.信任；信赖；相信（某人的善良、真诚等）
- trust somebody She trusts Alan implicitly.她绝对信任艾伦。
- He has shown that he can't be trusted.他已经表明他不可信。
- Never trust a man who will not look you in the eye.永远不要相信一个不会看你眼睛的人。
- a trusted adviser/friend可信赖的顾问/朋友
- trust somebody to do something You can trust me not to tell anyone.你可以相信我不会跟任何人讲。
- She nodded, not trusting herself to speak.她点点头，不相信自己会说话。
- Which party do you trust to run the economy?你信任哪个政党来管理经济？
- I knew I could trust John.我知道我可以相信约翰。
- I was afraid to trust anyone after that.从那以后我不敢再信任任何人。
- In my position I cannot risk blindly trusting anyone.处在我的位置上，我不能冒险盲目地相信任何人。
- You can never entirely trust even a ‘tame’ leopard.哪怕是一只“温顺”的豹子，你也绝不能完全相信。
- It seems you can't trust anyone these days.看来这年月你不能相信任何人。
- Can they be trusted to carry out the work properly?他们能被信任正确地执行工作吗？
- She didn't trust herself to speak.她不相信自己会说话。
Topics Personal qualitiesb2
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- implicitly
- blindly
- completely
- …
verb + trust
- be able to
- can
- be unable to
- …
preposition
- in
- to
- with
- …
phrases
- not to be trusted
- tried and trusted
to believe that something is true or correct or that you can rely on it相信；认为可靠
- trust something He trusted her judgement.他相信她的判断力。
- Always trust your instincts.永远相信你的直觉。
- a trusted source可靠的消息来源
- trust what… Don't trust what the newspapers say!别相信报纸上的话！
Synonyms trust
trust
- depend on somebody/something
- rely on somebody/something
- count on somebody/something
- believe in somebody
These words all mean to believe that somebody/something will do what you hope or expect of them or that what they tell you is correct or true.
- trust to believe that somebody is good, honest, sincere, etc. and that they will do what you expect of them or do the right thing; to believe that something is true or correct:
  You can trust me not to tell anyone.你可以相信我不会跟任何人讲。
  Don't trust what you read on the internet!不要相信你在网上读到的东西！
- depend on/upon somebody/something (often used with can/cannot/could/could not) to trust somebody/something to do what you expect or want, to do the right thing, or to be true or correct:（常与 can/cannot/could/could not 连用）指相信、信赖、指望：
  He was the sort of person you could depend on.他是你可以信赖的人。
  Can you depend on her version of what happened?你相信她对所发生事情的描述吗？
- rely on/upon somebody/something (used especially with can/cannot/could/could not and should/should not) to trust somebody/something to do what you expect or want, or to be honest, correct or good enough:
  Can I rely on you to keep this secret?我能相信你会保守这个秘密吗？
  You can’t rely on any figures you get from them.你不能相信从他们那儿得到的任何数据。
trust, depend or rely on/upon somebody/something?用 trust、depend 还是 rely on/upon sb/sth？You can trust a person but not a thing or system. You can trust somebody’s judgement or advice, but not their support. You can depend on somebody’s support, but not their judgement or advice. Rely on/upon somebody/something is used especially with you can/could or you should to give advice or a promise: I don’t really rely on his judgement. • You can’t really rely on his judgement.
- count on somebody/something (often used with can/cannot/could/could not) to be sure that somebody will do what you need them to do, or that something will happen as you want it to happen:（常与 can/cannot/could/could not 连用）指可信赖、依靠、指望（某人做某事）、确信（某事会发生）：
  I’m counting on you to help me.我就靠你帮我啦。
  We can’t count on the good weather lasting.我们不能指望这样好的天气会持久。
- believe in somebody to feel that you can trust somebody and/or that they will be successful:
  They need a leader they can believe in.他们需要一个可以信赖的领导。
Patterns
- to trust/depend on/rely on/count on somebody/something to do something
- to trust/believe in somebody/something
- to trust/rely on somebody’s advice/judgement
- to depend on/rely on/count on somebody’s support
- to completely trust/depend on/rely on/believe in somebody/something
- I was reluctant to trust the evidence of my senses.我不愿意相信我感觉到的迹象。
- Such figures are not to be trusted.这些数字不可信。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- implicitly
- blindly
- completely
- …
verb + trust
- be able to
- can
- be unable to
- …
preposition
- in
- to
- with
- …
phrases
- not to be trusted
- tried and trusted
trust (that)… (formal) to hope and expect that something is true想；希望；期望
- I trust (that) you have no objections to our proposals?我想你不反对我们的建议吧？

词源Middle English: from Old Norse traust, from traustr ‘strong’; the verb from Old Norse treysta, assimilated to the noun.

Idioms

not trust somebody an inch

to not trust somebody at all对…根本不相信
- He says he just wants to help you but I wouldn’t trust him an inch if I were you.他说他只是想帮帮你，可我要是你的话，绝对不会相信他。

tried and tested/trusted (British English)

(North American English tried and true)

that you have used or relied on in the past successfully经过考验的；可靠的；可信赖的
- a tried and trusted method for solving the problem解决这个问题的可靠方法
- Some teachers prefer the tried and trusted methods of language learning.一些老师更喜欢经过实践检验的值得信赖的语言学习方法。
Topics Successc2
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trust you, him, her, etc. (to do something)

(informal) used when somebody does or says something that you think is typical of them（认为某人言行一贯如此时说）管保，保证
- Trust John to forget Sue's birthday!管保约翰会把休的生日忘了！