believe

A1 CET-4 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #205 ★★★★★

v. 相信

发音

UK /bɪˈliːv/
US /bɪˈliv/
其它
US /bi-/
US /bə-/

词形变化

believ'd believed believedst believes 三单 believes believeth believing believing 现在分词 believed 过去式 believed 过去分词 believest believedst 过去式 believeth 三单 believed 复数

别名

beleive beleue bleeve b'lieve beleeve

教材释义与例句

动词

信任；料想；笃信宗教

to be sure that something is true or that someone is telling the truth

You shouldn't believe everything you read.

你不应尽信书上看来的东西。

I believed him, even though his story sounded unlikely.

我相信了他，尽管他的话听上去难以置信。

I don't believe a word of it (= I think it is completely untrue ) .

我一句话也不相信。

释义与例句

v. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).

    相信

    及物

    If you believe the numbers, you'll agree we need change.

    I believe there are faeries.

  2. 2.

    To accept that someone is telling the truth.

    相信

    及物

    Why did I ever believe you?

  3. 3.

    To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth.

    觉得

    信仰

    不及物

    After that night in the church, I believed.

  4. 4.

    To opine, think, reckon.

    及物

    Do you think this is good? —Hmm, I believe it's okay.

  5. 5.

    [with in]

    To ascribe existence to.

    信仰

    Do you believe in God / the Easter Bunny / ghosts?

    Since I don't believe in reincarnation, I believe that the only way to eliminate suffering is to die.

  6. 6.

    [with in]

    To believe that (something) is right or desirable.

    I don't believe in sex before marriage.

    I don't believe in making my bed.

  7. 7.

    [with in]

    To have confidence in the ability or power of.

    I believe in you, man! You can do it!

词汇关系

动词

同义词 4

think trust consider conceive

反义词 1

disbelieve

上位词 7

expect judge accept credit anticipate evaluate pass judgment

下位词 10

think see feel understand hold trust buy consider view reckon

相关短语

believe it or not 信不信由你 believe you me believe one's eyes believe one's own eyes believe one's ears believe me 真的 I believe you, thousands wouldn't do you believe in God 你相信上帝吗？ you'd better believe it would you believe it you better believe it if you believe everything you read, better not to read I'll believe it when I see it would you believe make believe 假装 [法] 假装, 佯为借口, 托词

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *laubō Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *laubijaną Proto-West Germanic *laubijan Proto-West Germanic *bilaubijan Old English belīefan Middle English bileven English believe From Middle English beleven, bileven, from Old English belīefan (“to believe”), from Proto-West Germanic *bilaubijan (“to believe”), equivalent to be- + leave (“to give leave or permission to, permit, allow, grant”). Cognate with Scots beleve (“to believe”), Old Frisian bilēva (“to permit”), Middle Dutch beloven (“to believe, entrust”), Middle Low German belö̂ven (“to believe”), Middle High German belouben (“to believe”). A related term in Old English was ġelīefan (“to be dear to; believe, trust”), from Proto-West Germanic *galaubijan (“to have faith, believe”), from Proto-Germanic *galaubijaną. Compare also Old English ġelēafa (“belief, faith, confidence, trust”), Old English lēof ("dear, valued, beloved, pleasant, agreeable" > English lief). Related also to North Frisian leauwjen (“to believe”), Saterland Frisian leeuwe (“to believe”), West Frisian leauwe (“to believe”), Dutch geloven (“to believe”), German Low German glöven (“to believe”), German glauben (“to believe”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 (galaubjan, “to hold dear, valuable, or satisfactory, approve of, believe”). The prepositionally transitive senses with in are a semantic loan from Latin crēdō in aliquem / aliquid.

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