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Faith Phrase Made N Uncount Religious Promise Good 英[Feɪθ

单词 faith
音标
英[feɪθ] 美[feθ]
解释
n.信用,信任;宗教信仰;忠诚;宗教;int.实在,确实;
例句

N-UNCOUNT
相信;信任
If you have faith in someone or something, you feel confident about their ability or goodness.
例:She had placed a great deal of faith in Mr Penleigh...她对彭利先生极其信任。
例:People have lost faith in the British Parliament.人们已经对英国议会失去了信任。

N-COUNT
宗教
A faith is a particular religion, for example Christianity, Buddhism, or Islam.
例:England shifted officially from a Catholic to a Protestant faith in the 16th century.英格兰于 16 世纪正式由天主教改信新教。

N-UNCOUNT
宗教信仰
Faith is strong religious belief in a particular God.
例:Umberto Eco's loss of his own religious faith is reflected in his novels.翁贝托·艾柯个人宗教信仰的丧失反映在了他的小说里。

PHRASE
背弃;对…不忠;脱离
If you break faith with someone you made a promise to or something you believed in, you stop acting in a way that supports them.
例:If we don't, we're breaking faith with our people!如果我们不这样,就是对我们的人民背信弃义!

PHRASE
真诚地;真心实意地;好意地
If you do something in good faith, you seriously believe that what you are doing is right, honest, or legal, even though this may not be the case.
例:This report was published in good faith but we regret any confusion which may have been caused.我们发表这篇报道的初衷是好的,但对可能已造成的混乱深感歉意。

PHRASE
信守(诺言);恪守
If you keep faith with someone you have made a promise to or something you believe in, you continue to support them even when it is difficult to do so.
例:He has made one of the most powerful American films of the year by keeping faith with his radical principles.他秉承自己一贯的激进风格,制作出了本年度美国最有感染力的影片之一。
变形
pl:faiths~

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