fidelity
noun /fɪˈdeləti/
/fɪˈdeləti/
[uncountable]- fidelity (to something) (formal) the quality of being loyal to somebody/something
忠诚;忠实;忠贞 - fidelity to your principles
对原则的忠诚不移
- They still maintain fidelity to their religious tradition.
他们依然保持着对宗教传统的忠诚。 - They swore an oath of fidelity to their king.
他们宣誓效忠国王。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- absolute
- marital
- …
- maintain
- with fidelity
- fidelity to
- fidelity to your principles
- fidelity (to somebody) the quality of being faithful to your husband, wife or partner by not having a sexual relationship with anyone else
(对丈夫、妻子或性伴侣的)忠贞,忠实,忠诚 - marital/sexual fidelity
婚姻/性的忠贞
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- absolute
- marital
- …
- maintain
- with fidelity
- fidelity to
- marital/sexual fidelity
- fidelity (of something) (to something) (formal) the quality of being accurate
准确性;精确性 - the fidelity of the translation to the original text
对原文翻译的准确性 - The story is told with great fidelity to the original.
这个故事讲得非常忠实于原著。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- absolute
- marital
- …
- maintain
- with fidelity
- fidelity to
- the fidelity of the translation to the original text
词源late Middle English: from Old French fidelite or Latin fidelitas, from fidelis ‘faithful’, from fides ‘faith’. Compare with fealty.