belief

n. 相信，信赖；信仰；教义

n.

信，信任；信念，意见；信条；

变形

复数：beliefs

双语释义

[U]相信；信任 a strong feeling that sth/sb exits or is true; confidence that sth/sb is good or right

[U][S]看法；信念 an opinion about sth; sth that you think is true

[C]信仰；宗教信条 sth that you believe, especially as part of your religion; an idea that you are certain is true, especially involving religion or politics

英英释义

belief[ bi'li:f ]

n.

any cognitive content held as true

a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

"it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"

同义词：impressionfeelingnotionopinion

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

abandon one's belief放弃信仰

abjure one's belief放弃信仰

acknowledge one's belief承认信仰

alter one's belief改变信仰

cherish a belief抱有信念

declare one's belief表明信仰

destroy a belief破坏信念

die for one's belief为信仰而献身

discard one's belief放弃信仰

entertain a belief抱有信念

express one's belief表明信仰

foster a belief树立信念

give up beliefone's放弃信仰

have belief in sb信任某人；对某人有信心

hold a belief持有信念

impose a belief寄托信念

maintain a belief持有信念

relinquish one's belief抛弃信念

rigid in one's belief固执己见

secure in one's beliefs坚守自己的信仰

shake one's belief动摇信仰

shake sb's belief in sth动摇某人对某事物的信念

share sb's belief与某人有共同信念

stick up for one's beliefs捍卫自己的信仰

strengthen a belief加强信念

support a belief支持信念

形容词+～

ancient belief古老的信仰

basic belief根本的信仰

common belief普遍的信仰

contemporary belief当代的信仰

contrary beliefs相对立的信仰

current belief当代的信仰

deep-rooted belief根深蒂固的信念

doctrinaire belief教条主义信念

erroneous belief错误的信念

false belief错误的信念

firm belief坚定的信念

general belief普遍的信仰

great belief完全相信

mistaken belief错误的信念

old belief古老的信仰

political belief政治信仰

prevalent belief流行的说法

religious belief宗教信仰

strong belief坚定的信仰

superstitious belief迷信的说法

unpopular belief不受欢迎的说法

unshakable belief不可动摇的信念

widely accepted belief广泛接受的信念

wide-spread belief广为流传的说法

名词+～

Buddhist beliefs佛教教义

Christian beliefs基督教教义

communism belief共产主义信念

介词+～

beyond belief难以置信

in the belief相信

unworthy of belief不可置信

～+介词

belief in democracy对民主的笃信

belief in God对上帝的信仰

belief in sb信任某人，对某人有信心

词组短语

belief in相信；对…的信仰

religious belief宗教信仰

firm belief坚定的信念

in the belief（引起状语）相信

beyond belief难以置信

belief system信念系统

moral belief道德信念

false belief错误信念

have belief in对…有信心

同近义词辨析

这组词都有“相信，信任”的意思，其区别是：

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。

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。

faith语气较强，强调完全相信；有时也能仅凭感觉产生的相信。

trust强调相信、信任的完全可靠。

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。

credit语气最弱，着重以声誉为信任的基础。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

It bolstered my belief.
这增强了我的信念。

He acted in accordance with his beliefs.
他按照自己的信念行事。

His belief of communism is immovable.
他坚定不移地信仰共产主义。

His firmness on his belief supported him in difficulties.
困境中，他坚定的信仰支撑着他。

There was a happy chime of belief and practice in everything she said.
她所说的每一件事都体现了信仰和行动的完美和谐。

He has lost his belief in God.
他已不相信上帝了。

The story of his miseries is beyond my belief.
他的悲惨身世令人难以置信。

权威例句

belief (n.)

late 12c., bileave, replacing Old English geleafa "belief, faith," from West Germanic *ga-laubon "to hold dear, esteem, trust" (cognates: Old Saxon gilobo, Middle Dutch gelove, Old High German giloubo, German Glaube), from *galaub- "dear, esteemed," from intensive prefix *ga- + *leubh- "to care, desire, like, love" (see love (v.)). The prefix was altered on analogy of the verb believe. The distinction of the final consonant from that of believe developed 15c.

"The be-, which is not a natural prefix of nouns, was prefixed on the analogy of the vb. (where it is naturally an intensive) .... [OED]

1. He holds right this belief.

他就持有这种信念。

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2. They apostatized from their belief.

他们放弃了自己的信仰。

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3. The chairman premised his speech on the belief that the rich want to help the poor.

主席的讲话是基于富人愿意帮助穷人这样一种信念。

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4. I presume that none of you have that belief.

我假定你们中没有人有那个信念。

5. But we made progress because of our belief in those core principles, which have served as our compass through the darkest of storms.

但是我们对这些核心原则的信念我们取得的进展，在最黑暗的风暴当中是作为我们的指南针。

6. But we made progress because of our belief in those core principles, which have served as our compass through the darkest of storms.

但是我们对这些核心原则的信念使我们取得了进展，在最黑暗的风暴当中作为我们的指南针。

7. Without it, your belief and passion are not enough.

没有它，你就不会有足够的信念和热情。

8. This is a part of our belief and our religion.

这是我们的信仰和我们的宗教的一部分。

9. But there’s no reason for the rest of us to share that belief.

但是我们其余的人没有理由与他们分享这一信仰。

10. While there is some basis for this belief, it is certainly an oversimplification.

虽然这种信念有一些基础，也确实太过于简单化了。

11. I have to confess I acquired this belief from the book Guinness World Records.

我得说我是从《吉尼斯世界纪录》这本书里找到了这一信仰。

12. But, lo and behold, she falls for him, and while the rest of the world waits for the other shoe to drop , he plows forward in the resolute belief that nothing matters except her.

你瞧，当她开始倾心于他，剩下的全世界都在期盼另一只鞋子赶快落下（结束悬念的意思），他开始抱着坚定信念努力前进，除了她再也没有什么可以难住他。

13. The attraction of this approach is that it does not reduce religion to any single doctrine or belief, or suggest that all religious believers have one thing in common.

这一解答的迷人之处在于，它没有将宗教简化为任何一项教义或信仰，也没有暗示所有的宗教信徒都具有某一共通之处。

14. We believe that these core principles are rooted in the belief that cloud computing should be as open as all other IT technologies.

我们相信这些核心准则是基于一个信念：那就是云技术应该象所有其他的IT技术一样开放。

15. In the belief battlefield, he maintains at the life the charge posture.

在信仰的战场上，他把生命保持在冲锋的姿态。

16. Consider the following: every society which we know operates within the medium of belief or faith of some kind.

考虑下例所提：每一个社会,已知的社会，运作的媒介,多少都含有一些信念或信仰。

17. Core belief – because without this foundation there is nothing to build your balance upon.

核心信念—如果没有这个基础你就无处建立你的平衡。

18. He had, in fact, planned to organize an army of slaves to fight for their freedom. He acted in the belief that slaves throughout the south would rise up against their owners and join him.

事实上，他打算组织一支奴隶军队去为他们的自由而战，他根据整个南方的奴隶应该起来反对他们的主人并加入他的组织这样一个信念而采取行动的。

19. C. You have an emotional reaction to the belief.

你对这种信念产生一种情感反应。

20. So we should all maintain an optimistic belief that the world is more forgiving than is commonly supposed.

因此我们都应该保持一种乐观的信念：这个世界比人们普遍认为的更为宽容。

21. All people have the right to worship or assemble in connection with a religion or belief, and to establish and maintain places for these purposes.

所有人都有权利参加与某一宗教或信仰相关的敬拜或集会及建立和维护从事这些活动的场所。

22. How can any rational person belief that?

一个理智的人怎会相信那个？

23. And my brother and I were raised with all that you really need: love, strong values and a belief that with a good education and a whole lot of hard work, that there was nothing that we could not do.

我哥哥和我在成长过程中得到了人生真正需要的一切：爱，强有力的价值观，以及一个信念，就是靠着良好的教育，还有大量的辛勤工作，没有什么是我们做不到的。

24. And my brother and I were raised with all that you really need: love, strong values and a belief that with a good education and a whole lot of hard work, that there was nothing that we could not do.

我哥哥和我在成长过程中得到了人生真正需要的一切：爱，强有力的价值观，以及一个信念，就是靠着良好的教育，还有大量的辛勤工作，没有什么是我们做不到的。

25. Einstein disposed of this belief.

爱因斯坦推倒了这一信念。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

26. A hidden problem of global metaphors is the mistaken belief that other lower-level metaphors consistent with them enjoy cognitive benefits by association.

全局性隐喻背后隐藏着这样一个错误信念，即低层次的隐喻与全局性隐喻一致，通过联想带来了认知的好处。

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27. Evolutionism is normally associated with a belief in the inevitability of progress.

进化主义通常和一种相信进步不可避免的看法相联系。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

28. Against the belief in such abrupt changes, embryology enters a strong protest.

对于这种突然变化的信念，在胚胎学上提出了强有力的反证。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

29. It is such a hateful idiom that most software developers now have an unquestioned belief that audible feedback is bad and should never again be considered as a part of interface design. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is the negative aspect of the feedback that presents problems, not the audible aspect.

这是一种如此可恨的习惯用法，因此现在多数软件开发人员都深信听觉反馈是糟糕的，再也不应该看做界面设计的一部分，没有比这更背离真理的了。

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30. After a season of darkness and struggling, light broke and belief fell.

在黑暗和挣扎中度过了一个季节以后，光明突然出现，宽慰降临了。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

31. Most designers, programmers, and users accept without question that traditional menu design is correct—there are so many existing programs that attest to its excellence. But this belief is like snapping your fingers to keep the tigers away.

绝大多数设计者、程序员和使用者都毫无疑问地认为传统的菜单设计是正确的，因为有无数的程序都在证明着它的精妙，但是这种信仰就如同相信打个响指就可以把老虎吓跑一样的幼稚。

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32. One belief concerns environment.

一个信念关系到环境问题。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

33. Interestingly, usability researchers have demonstrated that users initially judge attractive interfaces to be more usable, and that this belief often persists long after a user has gained sufficient experience with an interface to have direct evidence to the contrary.9 Perhaps the reason for this is that users, encouraged by perceived ease of use, make a greater effort to learn what may be a challenging interface and are then unwilling to consider their investment ill spent.

用户一开始通常会认为吸引人的界面会更可用，用户的这种观点将持续很长时间，直到对该产品界面积累了足够的经验后才会推翻他们一开始的观点9。 产生这种现象的原因，有可能是用户被表面看起来的易用所鼓舞，因此花费很多精力学习本来可能很难用的界面，而并不心甘情愿地思考他们的投资是错误的。

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34. User testing at Microsoft showed that a typical user might launch the same word processor several times in the mistaken belief that he has somehow “lost” the program and must start over.

微软的用户测试显示，一个典型的用户可能会多次运行同一个文字处理器。 因为他误认为程序已经“丢失”，必须重新开始。

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