1. 相信;信任 If you have faith in someone or something, you feel confident about their ability or goodness.
e.g. She had placed a great deal of faith in Mr Penleigh... 她對彭利先生極其信任。 e.g. People have lost faith in the British Parliament. 人們已經(jīng)對英國議會(huì )失去了信任。
2. 宗教 A faith is a particular religion, for example Christianity, Buddhism, or Islam.
e.g. England shifted officially from a Catholic to a Protestant faith in the 16th century. 英格蘭于 16 世紀正式由天主教改信新教。
3. 宗教信仰 Faith is strong religious belief in a particular God.
e.g. Umberto Eco's loss of his own religious faith is reflected in his novels. 翁貝托·艾柯個(gè)人宗教信仰的喪失反映在了他的小說(shuō)里。
4. 背棄;對…不忠;脫離 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.
e.g. If we don't, we're breaking faith with our people! 如果我們不這樣，就是對我們的人民背信棄義！
5. 真誠地;真心實(shí)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.
e.g. This report was published in good faith but we regret any confusion which may have been caused. 我們發(fā)表這篇報道的初衷是好的，但對可能已造成的混亂深感歉意。
6. 信守(諾言);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.
e.g. He has made one of the most powerful American films of the year by keeping faith with his radical principles. 他秉承自己一貫的激進(jìn)風(fēng)格，制作出了本年度美國最有感染力的影片之一。
7. see also: article of faith;leap of faith
faith英英釋義
faith的近義詞
noun
1. loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person
e.g. keep the faith they broke faith with their investors
2. complete confidence in a person or plan etc
e.g. he cherished the faith of a good woman the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust
Synonym: trust
3. a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
e.g. he lost his faith but not his morality
Synonym: religionreligious belief
4. an institution to express belief in a divine power
e.g. he was raised in the Baptist religion a member of his own faith contradicted him