首页英语词典beliefbelief的意思

belief

英 [bɪ'liːf] 美[bɪ'lif]

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近义词faith trust

反义词

n. 相信，信赖；信仰；教义

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复数: beliefs;

英英释意

1. any cognitive content held as true

2. a vague idea in which some confidence is placed;: "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying"

英文词源

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]
Belief used to mean "trust in God," while faith meant "loyalty to a person based on promise or duty" (a sense preserved in keep one's faith, in good (or bad) faith and in common usage of faithful, faithless, which contain no notion of divinity). But faith, as cognate of Latin fides, took on the religious sense beginning in 14c. translations, and belief had by 16c. become limited to "mental acceptance of something as true," from the religious use in the sense of "things held to be true as a matter of religious doctrine" (a sense attested from early 13c.).

同义词辨析

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。

考试真题

Why do some students give up when they encounter difficulty, whereas others who are no more skilled continue to strive and learn? One answer, I soon discovered, lay in people's beliefs about why they had failed.

We then assessed their beliefs about other aspects of learning and looked to see what happened to their grades.

Students' belief about the cause of their failure explains their attitude toward setbacks.

In particular, attributing poor performance to a lack of ability depresses motivation more than does the belief that lack of effort is to blame.

They show due respect for each other's beliefs.

Isn't this the same crowd that rails against processed junk and champions craft cooking? And isn't this the generation who say they're concerned about their health and the well-being of the planet? If these are truly the values of many young people, then their behavior doesn't match their beliefs.

That means making some difficult decisions with elderly patients, and going against the misguided belief that when it comes to health care, more is always better.

It's hard to uproot deeply held beliefs about cancer screening with scientific data.

It is my profound belief that not only do we all need nature, but we all seek nature, whether we know we are doing so or not.

What is the author's profound belief

There are many commonly held beliefs about eye glasses and eyesight that are not proven facts.

A new study challenges that belief, questioning whether brains really can be distinguished by gender.

Contrary to popular belief, older people generally do not want to live with their children.

My belief is that the goal of making is not to get every kid to be hands-on, but it enables us to be good learners.

The belief that research data is private intellectual propertyThe concern that certain agencies may make a profit out of it.

Interestingly, parents' attitudes toward education do not seem to reflect their own educational background as much as a belief in the importance of education for upward mobility.

Within just the past five years, I have noticed parents returning to a belief that teenagers need the guidance of elders rather than the liberal, anything goes mode of child-rearing that became popular in the second half of the 20th century.

Today, the mainstream belief among scientists is that race is a social construct without biological meaning.

have placed religious beliefs above party politicshave bridged the gap between the rich and the pooroffer poor children more chances to climb the social laddersuffer from higher levels of racial and economic segregationFamily structure.

Eroding religious belief in Europe may partly explain lowered birthrates.

We also need to know whether our thoughts, beliefs and ideas are in line with those of other people.

Meanwhile, Europe has fallen prey to a different ideological trap: the belief that European governments would always have infinite resources and could continue borrowing as if there were no tomorrow.

The personality ethic suggested it was one's attitude, not behavior, that inspired success, and this ethic was founded on a belief of positive mental attitude.

Contrary to popular belief, doing homework might add to students’ well-being.

Her observations helped dismiss the popular belief that insects spontaneously emerged from mud.

In reflection, my firm belief in the power of the brand was naive, not to mention a bit snobby.

today, the mainstream belief among scientists is that race is a social construct without biological meaning.

within just the past five years, I have noticed parents returning to a belief that teenagers need the guidance of elders rather than the liberal, "anything goes" mode of child-rearing that became popular in the second half of the 20th century.

Another way of setting realistic goals is to analyze your short and long term objectives, keeping in mind your beliefs, values and strengths.

In recent years some Inuit people in Nunavut have reported increases in bear sightings around human settlements, leading to a belief that populations are increasing.

It had excited within him the belief he could write one last song.

One traditional belief about television is that it reduces a child's ability to think and to understand the world.

The essential belief of the first free government in the world was liberty for all men who could control themselves and would take responsibility for the state.

There is the belief that, if you arrive at an appointment late, you will be considered important.

This belief in "post-industrial society" has led those countries to neglect their manufacturing sector with negative consequences for their economies.

Durkheim proposed that religious beliefs functioned to reinforce social solidarity.

As a discovery claim works it through the community, the interaction and confrontation between shared and competing beliefs about the science and the technology involved transforms an individual’s discovery claim into the community’s credible discovery.

Rather, we ascribe meanings to test on the basis of interaction between what we might call textual and contextual material: between kinds of organization or patterning we perceive in a text’s formal structures ( ' , so especially its language structures) and various kinds of background, social knowledge, belief and attitude that we bring to the text.

Precisely because readers from different historical periods, places and social experiences produce different but overlapping readings of the same words on the page-including for texts that engage with fundamental human concerns-debates about texts can play an important role in social discussion of beliefs and values.

But when it came to their houses, it was a time of common sense and a belief that less could truly be more.

I don't like quotas either; they run counter to my belief in meritocracy, governance by the capable.

In his Case Study House, Ralph Rapson may have mispredicted just how the mechanical revolution would impact everyday life—few American families acquired helicopters, though most eventually got clothes dryers—but his belief that self-sufficiency was both d

词组搭配

be of the belief that

hold the opinion that; think

相信，认为

beyond belief

astonishingly great, good or bad; incredible

（…得）令人难以置信的

richness beyond belief.
难以置信的丰富（或富饶）。
the driving we have witnessed was beyond belief.
我们亲眼目睹的驾车场面令人难以置信。

in the belief that

thinking or believing that

认为，相信

he took the property in the belief that he had consent.
他拿了那份财产，以为自己得到了同意。

to the best of my belief

in my genuine opinion; as far as I know

我的确认为；据我所知

实用场景例句

icy air that was cold beyond belief: 冷得令人无法相信的冰冷空气

religious/political beliefs: 宗教 / 政治信仰

Dissatisfaction with the government has grown beyond belief.: 对政府的不满已经达到令人难以置信的程度。

I admire his passionate belief in what he is doing.: 我佩服他对自己的工作所抱的坚定信心。

belief in God/democracy: 对上帝 / 民主的笃信

She acted in the belief that she was doing good.: 她这么做是因为她认定自己是在做好事。

Contrary to popular belief (= in spite of what people may think) , he was not responsible for the tragedy.: 与大家的看法相反，他对这出悲剧没有责任。

There is a general belief that things will soon get better.: 大家普遍认为情况很快就会好转。

Her son's skin improved beyond belief.: 她儿子的皮肤得到了难以置信的改善。

Contrary to popular belief, there is no evidence that what you look like makes much difference to your life.: 和人们一般的看法相反，没有证据表明面相对人生有多大影响。

Civilians had broken into the building, apparently in the belief that it contained food.: 平民百姓闯进了大楼，显然他们误以为里面有食物。

...a belief in personal liberty.: 对个人自由的信仰

He refuses to compete on Sundays because of his religious beliefs.: 出于宗教信仰，他拒绝在礼拜天进行比赛。

It is our belief that improvements in health care will lead to a stronger, more prosperous economy.: 我们坚信，改善医疗保健会使经济更加繁荣昌盛。

We are devastated, shocked beyond belief...: 我们极为震惊，无法相信所发生的一切。

One billion people throughout the world are Muslims, united by belief in one god.: 全世界有10亿穆斯林，共同的一神信仰将他们团结在一起。

Don't speak badly about someone who is not here.: 不要说不在这里的人的坏话.

The affair awoke them from the false belief.: 这件事使他们从迷信中清醒过来.

Her belief that taxes should be higher was heresy.: 她认为应该增加税收,这是异端邪说.

Their society was built around a belief in God.: 他们的社会建立在信仰上帝的基础上.

The huts they lived in were sordid and filthy beyond belief.: 他们住的小房真是异乎寻常地脏.

There is nothing more natural than a child's belief in his parents.: 没有任何事情比孩子对他父母的信赖更为自然.

An unshakable belief sustained me.: 一种不可动摇的信念支持着我.

She's waiting patiently in the fond belief he'll come back to her.: 她在耐心等待,痴情地相信他会回到她身边.

This politician tried to cheat the people into the belief that he would work for public welfare.: 这个政客想哄骗人们相信他是会为大众谋福利的.

The belief that one should work hard is ingrained in our culture.: 人人都应该努力工作这个信念在我们的文化中根深蒂固.

They aim to deliver the people who are in bondage to superstitious belief.: 他们的目的在于解脱那些受迷信束缚的人.

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