新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

faith

英  [feɪθ]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词
  • faiths

    1[U 不可数名词] 信心

    If you have faith in someone or something, you feel confident about their ability or goodness.

    近义词

    confidence

    双语例句

    例:

    People have lost faith in the government.

    人们已失去了对政府的信心。

    2[U 不可数名词] 宗教信仰

    Faith is strong religious belief in a particular god.

    双语例句

    例:

    Umberto Eco's loss of his own religious faith is reflected in his novels.

    翁贝托·埃科宗教信仰的丧失在他的小说当中得到了反映。

    3[C 可数名词] 宗教

    A faith is a particular religion, for example, Christianity, Buddhism, or Islam.

    双语例句

    例:

    England shifted officially from a Catholic to a Protestant faith in the 16th century.

    英格兰在16世纪正式从信仰天主教改信新教。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • in good faith

    1真心实意地

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    This report was published in good faith but we regret any confusion which may have been caused.

    发表这份报告出自诚意,但是我们对可能引发的任何混乱而感到遗憾。