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Faithful N I People Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词   [Oft Adj

英语单词 faithful
英美音标 英 ['feɪθfl] 美 ['feɪθfl]
中文释义 adj.忠诚的;忠实的;忠贞的
英语例句 (1) A true friend is faithful to the end.
(2) Mary is faithful to her husband.
(3) His faithful pet dog bore him company.
(4) This newspaper gave a faithful account of the event.
(5) The lovers promised to be faithful forever.
中文例句 (1) 真正的朋友到死都是忠诚的。
(2) 玛丽忠实于她的丈夫。
(3) 他那忠实的爱犬给他做伴。
(4) 这份报纸对那件事进行了如实的报道。
(5) 这对情人互相许诺永不变心。
vocabulary简明 Faithful describes someone who is reliable and consistent. If you're a faithful volunteer at the animal shelter, you show up every Saturday and work hard to help the animals.
vocabulary扩展 A faithful friend is loyal and steadfast — it's no wonder that many people consider their dogs to be their most faithful companions. Though faithful usually describes a person, you can also use it to talk about a particularly reliable object, like your faithful hiking boots. There's another sense of faithful that means "remaining true to," like faithful believers who pray and attend religious services regularly.
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]忠实的;忠诚的;忠贞不渝的 Someone who is faithful to a person, organization, idea, or activity remains firm in their belief in them or support for them.
  [oft ADJ to n]
  [the N]
  • She had been faithful to her promise to guard this secret...

    她一直信守承诺,保守着这个秘密。

  • Older Americans are among this country's most faithful voters.

    较年长的美国人是这个国家最忠实的选民群体之一。

  • The faithful are people who are faithful to someone or something.忠诚的人;支持者
    • He spends his time making speeches at factories or gatherings of the Party faithful.

      他花时间在工厂或该党的忠实拥护者的集会上发表演说。

faithfully
  • He has since 1965 faithfully followed and supported every twist and turn of government policy.

    自1965年以来,他一直忠诚地跟随和支持政府政策的每一次变化和转向。

2
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](对丈夫、妻子或恋人)忠诚的,忠贞的 Someone who is faithful to their husband, wife, or lover does not have a sexual relationship with anyone else.
  [oft ADJ to n]
  • She insisted that she had remained faithful to her husband...

    她坚持说自己对丈夫一直是忠诚的。

  • I'm very faithful when I love someone.

    我爱一个人是会非常忠贞的。

3
[N-PLURAL 复数名词](宗教的)忠实信徒,虔诚信徒 The faithful are the group of people who believe in a particular religion.
  [the N]
  • The faithful revered him then as a prophet.

    那时,信徒们尊他为先知。

4
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](叙述、翻译或抄本)如实的,忠实原文的 A faithful account, translation, or copy of something represents or reproduces the original accurately.
  [oft ADJ to n]
  • Colin Welland's screenplay is faithful to the novel.

    科林·韦兰的电影剧本忠实于原小说。

  • ...faithful copies of household items used in the mid-1800s.

    19世纪中期家庭用品的逼真仿制品

faithfully
  • When I adapt something I translate from one meaning to another as faithfully as I can.

    我改编东西的时候,会尽可能忠实地将意思表达出来。

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[PHRASE 短语](尤指值得信赖的)旧有物品,老牌产品 You can refer to something that has been used or has existed for a long time as an old faithful, especially when it is something you can rely on.
  [N inflects]
  • We tested a selection of vacuum cleaners, from old faithfuls to those with the latest features.

    我们测试了各种真空吸尘器,从值得信赖的老牌子到有着最新特色的产品,不一而足。

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