faithful
英 ['feɪθfʊl; -f(ə)l]
美['feθfəl]
- adj. 忠实的，忠诚的；如实的；准确可靠的
- n. (Faithful)人名；(英)费思富尔
词态变化
名词: faithfulness;
英英释意
- 1. any loyal and steadfast following
- 2. a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
英文词源
- faithful (adj.)
- early 14c., "sincerely religious, devout, pious," especially in reference to Christian practice; mid-14c., "loyal (to a lord, friend, spouse, etc.); true; honest, trustworthy," from faith + -ful. From late 14c. in reference to a tale, a report, etc., "accurate, reliable, true to the facts." The noun sense of "true believer, one who is full of faith" is from late 14c. (Church Latin used fideles in same sense). Related: Faithfully; faithfulness. Old Faithful geyser named 1870 by explorer Gen. Henry Dana Washburn (1832-1871), surveyor-general of the Montana Territory, in reference to the regularity of its outbursts.
同义词辨析
faithful, loyal, constant, true
这些形容词均含有"忠实的"之意。
faithful： 多指对人对事或对诺言、誓言的始终不渝，侧重在任何情况下都绝不改变。
loyal： 一般指对祖国、领袖的忠诚或对事业、原则、誓言的忠实，不动摇。
constant： 侧重指思想状态的稳定或信念的坚定，也指爱情或感情等的忠贞不渝。
true： 侧重个人感情上的忠实和不动摇。
考试真题
- After the first installment, Dickens wrote to the artist and asked him to correct a drawing Dickens felt was not faithful enough to his prose.
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实用场景例句
- I have been a faithful reader of your newspaper for many years.
- 我是贵报多年来的忠实读者。
牛津词典
- The president will keep the support of the party faithful .
- 总统将继续获得忠诚党员的拥护。
牛津词典
- a faithful copy/account/description
- 精确的副本；如实的叙述 / 描述
牛津词典
- His translation manages to be faithful to the spirit of the original.
- 他的译文做到了忠于原文的精神。
牛津词典
- my faithful old car
- 我那可靠的老爷车
牛津词典
- [不可数名词]faithfulness to tradition
- 对传统的恪守
牛津词典
- She had doubts about his faithfulness.
- 她怀疑他的忠诚。
牛津词典
- a faithful servant/friend/dog
- 忠实的仆人 / 朋友 / 狗
牛津词典
- He remained faithful to the ideals of the party.
- 他对党的理想坚贞不移。
牛津词典
- She was rewarded for her 40 years' faithful service with the company.
- 她为公司忠诚服务了40年，因而获得奖赏。
牛津词典
- Colin Welland's screenplay is faithful to the novel.
- 科林·韦兰的电影剧本忠实于原小说。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...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
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The faithful revered him then as a prophet.
- 那时，信徒们尊他为先知。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I'm very faithful when I love someone.
- 我爱一个人是会非常忠贞的。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Adolf Hitler flew again to Nuremberg to review his faithful followers.
- 阿道夫·希特勒再次飞临纽伦堡看望他的追随者.
电影对白
- INTP ( Introverted thinking with intuiting ): Faithful, preoccupied, and forgetful, these are the bookworms.
- 内向,凭洞察力思考 ): 忠实 、 全神贯注 、 以及疏忽/不注意, 典型的书虫.
期刊摘选
- Through those long years of imprisonment and torture, he remained faithful and unyielding.
- 在那些遭受囚禁和酷刑的漫长岁月里, 他始终坚贞不屈.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- She is a faithful wife.
- 她是个忠实的妻子.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Faithful [ Frank ; Honest ] words offend the ear but are good for improving one's conduct.
- 忠言逆耳利于行.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The report presents a faithful account of the event.
- 这篇报告如实地记述了那次事件.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He is faithful in the performance of his duties.
- 他忠于职守.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Belgium replied that she had always been faithful to her international obligations.
- 比利时政府答复说,比利时一贯忠实履行其国际义务.
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