belief

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Mental acceptance of a claim as true. countable,uncountable
    — It's my belief that the thief is somebody known to us.
  2. Faith or trust in the reality of something; often based upon one's own reasoning, trust in a claim, desire of actuality, and/or evidence considered. countable,uncountable
    — My belief is that there is a bear in the woods. Bill said he saw one.
  3. Something believed. countable
    — The ancient people have a belief in many deities.
  4. The quality or state of believing. uncountable
    — My belief that it will rain tomorrow is strong.
  5. Religious faith. uncountable
    — She often said it was her belief that carried her through the hard times.
  6. One's religious or moral convictions. countable,in-plural,uncountable
    — I can't do that. It's against my beliefs.

词形变化

beliefs plural

词汇关系

近义词
assumption premise faith opinion tenet conviction
反义词
disbelief
衍生词
basic belief beggar belief belief-beggaring beliefful beliefless belieflike belief system beyond belief contrary to popular belief core belief defy belief disbelief forebelief foundational belief limiting belief luxury belief make belief metabelief misbelief nonbelief overbelief self-belief unbelief wanbelief
相关词
believe

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *laubō
Proto-West Germanic *laubu
Old English lēafa
Middle English bileve
English belief
From Middle English bileve, from Old English lēafa, from Proto-West Germanic *laubu from Proto-Germanic *laubō. Compare German Glaube (“faith, belief”).
The replacement of final /v/ with /f/ is due to the analogy of noun-verb pairs with /f/ in the noun but /v/ in the verb, creating a pair belief : believe on the model of e.g. grief : grieve or proof : prove.
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