faith

英 [feɪθ] 美 [feɪθ]

• n. 信仰；信念；信任

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]信任,信仰,信心

   trust; strong belief; unquestioning confidence

2. [U]宗教信仰

   strong belief, in God or in an established religion

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. （宗教）信仰，信念
2. 信任，信赖
3. 信条，信义
4. 诚实
5. 信心
6. 保证
7. 诺言
8. 约定，（誓）约
9. 诚意
10. 信用
11. 费丝（女子名）
12. 教义
13. 教（派）
14. 忠实

v. 动词

1. 相信，信赖，信任

英英释义

Noun:

1. a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny;

   "he lost his faith but not his morality"
   

2. complete confidence in a person or plan etc;

   "he cherished the faith of a good woman"
   "the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust"
   

3. an institution to express belief in a divine power;

   "he was raised in the Baptist religion"
   "a member of his own faith contradicted him"
   

4. loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person;

   "keep the faith"
   "they broke faith with their investors"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Christians profess their faith when they say the Creed.
   基督教徒在念信经时就表明了他们的宗教信仰。
2. Missionaries went far afield to propagate their faith.
   传教士到远方去传播其信仰。
3. The disaster caused him to waver in his faith.
   这件灾难使他对信仰发生了动摇。
4. He has great talent, but he has lost his faith.
   他很有天赋，但是他已经丧失了信心。
5. Love asks faith and faith asks firmness.
   爱情要求信任,信任要求坚定。
6. I still have faith in John despite his shortcomings.
   虽然约翰有缺点

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. They adhered to the faith of their fathers.
   他们坚持父辈的信念。
2. What you tell me shatters my faith in human nature.
   你跟我讲的这番话使我对人性的信念破灭了。
3. I'm sure she'll pass the test,I've got great faith in her.
   我肯定她会通过考试,我对她信心十足。
4. He still has great talent, but he has lost faith in himself.
   他仍然很有才气,却对自己失去了信心。
5. I haven't much faith in this medicine.
   我对这种药没有多大信心。
6. Have you any faith in what he says?
   你相信他的话吗?
7. I've got deep faith in the essential goodness of human nature.
   我对人性本善深信不疑。
8. I've lost faith in that fellow.
   我再也不相信那个家伙了。
9. He was brought up in the Christian faith.
   他是受基督教教育长大的。
10. She is Buddhist by faith.
    她信仰佛教。
11. It was an act of bad faith to betray one's friend.
    出卖朋友是一种背信弃义的行为。

～+that-clause

1. The just faith that justice would prevail impelled us forward.
   正义必胜的信念激励着我们前进。
2. The experience gave me faith that people can change.
   这一经历使我相信人是可以改变的。
3. I have firm faith that he will pass the exam.
   我坚信他会通过考试。

经典引文

• To have faith in God is to surrender oneself to God.

  出自： J. H. Newman

• Citizens who have lost faith in government and almost in democratic institutions too.

  出自：Encounter

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

in bad faith

背信弃义地,存心不良地 breaking one's belief

in good faith

真诚地,诚意地 with honest intentions

keep faith

守信 keep one's words

on faith

不加怀疑 not doubting

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• abjure faith 放弃信仰
• adhere faith 坚持信仰
• defend faith 捍卫信仰
• increase faith 增强信念
• keep faith 守信
• recant faith 公开放弃信仰
• renounce faith 放弃信仰
• retain faith 保持信念
• shatter faith 使信心破灭
• state faith 阐述信念

形容词+～

• abiding faith 永恒的信念
• bad faith 不诚实
• blind faith 迷信
• deep faith 深信
• different faith 不同信仰
• good faith 忠诚
• great faith 信心十足
• implicit faith 绝对信任
• infinite faith 无限的信任
• steadfast faith 坚定的信念
• sublime faith 崇高的信仰
• unshakable faith 不可动摇的信念

介词+～

• on faith 不加怀疑

～+介词

• faith in God 信仰上帝
• faith in oneself 对自己充满信心

词语用法

1. faith后可接that从句。

   Our absolute faith that peace will prevail.
   我们绝对信仰和平一定会是主流。

n. (名词)

1. faith的基本意思是指在心中对某人或某事形成了绝对的崇拜,或形成一种理念,即“信仰”,也可指对某人或某事充满了“信任,信心”。faith还可指“宗教信仰”。
2. faith在表示“信任…”时,后须接介词in。
3. faith后可接由that引起的同位语从句。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

faith, belief, confidence, trust

• 这组词都可以表示“相信”。其区别在于:
• 1.faith指有事实依据证明某人或某物真实可靠,毋庸置疑; belief是普通用语,指没有经过自己亲自观察和亲身经历就去相信,即使事实不真或根本不存在也不产生怀疑。例如:
• I have great belief in his ability to succeed.我相信他有能力获得成功。
• confidence指根据自己的观察,有充分的理由和证据承认某事是正确的。例如:
• I had confidence in my own youth and energy.我对自己的年轻和精力很有信心。trust指从本人直观感觉认为某人的行为是正确的、符合道德标准的,可以信托。例如:
• A child usually has perfect trust in his mother.孩子通常都很信任自己的母亲。
• 2.faith后可接that从句; belief后也可接that从句。例如:
• Their great driving force is the belief that they are doing right.他们相信自己做得对的信念驱使他们前行。
• confidence除可接that从句外,还可接动词不定式。例如:
• I hadn't got enough confidence to go ahead .我没有足够的信心前进了。
• trust除可用作名词外,还可用作动词。例如:
• Can you trust his account of what happened?你相信他所说的这件事发生的原因吗?

belief，faith，confidence，conviction，credit，trust

• 这些名词都有“相信，信任”之意。
• belief普通用词，指单纯从主观上的相信，不着重这种相信是否有根据。
• faith语气较强，强调完全相信；有时也能仅凭感觉产生的相信。
• confidence指对某人某事有充分信心，断定不会使人失望，因而给予信任。
• conviction多指根据长期交往或实践，对某人某事有了认识和了解后产生的信心和相信，侧重其坚定性。
• credit语气最弱，着重以声誉为信任的基础。
• trust强调相信、信任的完全可靠。

belief，faith，trust，confidence

• 都含有“相信”的意思。
• belief指“承认某事是真的, 尽管有或没有确凿的证据”。
• faith指“认为有确凿证据或道理而完全相信”。
• trust指“信赖”、“信任”, 含有“坚定的信念”的意思,。
• confidence指“在有证据的基础上相信”, 也常指“自信”、“有把握”。

常见错误

n. (名词)

1. 绝不要对试验失去信心。

   误 Never lose your faith of the experiment.

   正 Never lose your faith in the experiment.

   析 表示“对…失去信心”,应该说lose one's faith in,其中介词in不可用其他介词替换。

词源解说

• ☆ 13世纪中期进入英语，直接源自古法语的feid；最初源自古典拉丁语的fides，意为信任，信仰。

近反义词

【近义词】

• belief
• confidence
• trust
• religion
• creed

【反义词】

• doubt 怀疑