believe 音标拼音: [bɪl'iv]
vt . 相信;认为
vi . 相信,信仰
相信;认为相信,信仰
believe v 1 :
accept as true ;
take to be true ; "
I believed his report ";
"
We didn '
t believe his stories from the War "; "
She believes in spirits " [
ant : {
disbelieve }, {
discredit }]
2 :
judge or regard ;
look upon ;
judge ; "
I think he is very smart "; "
I believe her to be very smart "; "
I think that he is her boyfriend "; "
The racist conceives such people to be inferior " [
synonym : {
think }, {
believe }, {
consider }, {
conceive }]
3 :
be confident about something ; "
I believe that he will come back from the war " [
synonym : {
believe }, {
trust }]
4 :
follow a credo ;
have a faith ;
be a believer ; "
When you hear his sermons ,
you will be able to believe ,
too "
5 :
credit with veracity ; "
You cannot believe this man "; "
Should we believe a publication like the National Enquirer ?"
Believe \
Be *
lieve "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Believed };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Believing }.] [
OE .
bileven (
with pref .
be -
for AS .
ge -),
fr .
AS .
gel ?
fan ,
gel ?
fan ;
akin to D .
gelooven ,
OHG .
gilouban ,
G .
glauben ,
OS .
gil ?
bian ,
Goth .
galaubjan ,
and Goth .
liubs dear .
See {
Lief },
a ., {
Leave },
n .]
To exercise belief in ;
to credit upon the authority or testimony of another ;
to be persuaded of the truth of ,
upon evidence furnished by reasons ,
arguments ,
and deductions of the mind ,
or by circumstances other than personal knowledge ;
to regard or accept as true ;
to place confidence in ;
to think ;
to consider ;
as ,
to believe a person ,
a statement ,
or a doctrine .
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Our conqueror (
whom I now Of force believe almighty ). --
Milton .
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King Agrippa ,
believest thou the prophets ? --
Acts xxvi .
27 .
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Often followed by a dependent clause .
I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God . --
Acts viii .
37 .
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Syn :
See {
Expect }.
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Believe \
Be *
lieve "\,
v .
i .
1 .
To have a firm persuasion ,
esp .
of the truths of religion ;
to have a persuasion approaching to certainty ;
to exercise belief or faith .
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Lord ,
I believe ;
help thou mine unbelief . --
Mark ix .
24 .
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With the heart man believeth unto righteousness .
--
Rom .
x .
10 .
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2 .
To think ;
to suppose .
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I will not believe so meanly of you . --
Fielding .
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{
To believe in }.
(
a )
To believe that the subject of the thought (
if a person or thing )
exists ,
or (
if an event )
that it has occurred ,
or will occur ; --
as ,
to believe in the resurrection of the dead . "
She does not believe in Jupiter ." --
J .
H .
Newman .
(
b )
To believe that the character ,
abilities ,
and purposes of a person are worthy of entire confidence ; --
especially that his promises are wholly trustworthy .
"
Let not your heart be troubled :
ye believe in God ,
believe also in me ." --
John xiv .
1 .
(
c )
To believe that the qualities or effects of an action or state are beneficial :
as ,
to believe in sea bathing ,
or in abstinence from alcoholic beverages .
{
To believe on },
to accept implicitly as an object of religious trust or obedience ;
to have faith in .
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86 Moby Thesaurus words for "
believe ":
accept ,
accept for gospel ,
accept implicitly ,
accredit ,
admit ,
allow ,
assume ,
be afraid ,
be certain ,
be pious ,
be religious ,
believe in ,
believe without reservation ,
buy ,
conceive ,
conclude ,
confide in ,
conjecture ,
consider ,
credit ,
daresay ,
deduce ,
deem ,
divine ,
dream ,
expect ,
fancy ,
fear God ,
feel ,
gather ,
give faith to ,
grant ,
have confidence in ,
have faith ,
have faith in ,
hold ,
hope in ,
imagine ,
infer ,
keep the faith ,
let ,
let be ,
love God ,
maintain ,
make believe ,
opine ,
place confidence in ,
place reliance in ,
prefigure ,
presume ,
presuppose ,
presurmise ,
pretend ,
provisionally accept ,
put faith in ,
put trust in ,
receive ,
reckon ,
rely on ,
rely upon ,
repose confidence in ,
repose in ,
repute ,
rest in ,
say ,
sense ,
set store by ,
suppose ,
surmise ,
suspect ,
swallow ,
swear by ,
take ,
take for ,
take for granted ,
take it ,
take on faith ,
take on trust ,
take stock in ,
take to be ,
think ,
trust ,
trust in ,
trust in God ,
trust to ,
understand
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