believed
past simple and past participle ofbelieve
| 单词 | believed |
| 释义 | believed past simple and past participle ofbelieve believe verb[T] uk/bɪˈliːv/us/bɪˈliːv/A2 tothinkthat something istrue,correct, orreal: Strangely, no one believed us when we told them we'd beenvisitedby acreaturefromMars. [+ that]He believesthatallchildrenarebornwithequalintelligence. She'sarrivingtomorrow, I believe. "Is she comingalone?" "We believenot/so(= wethinkshe is not/is)." [+ obj + to infinitive]I believe hertobe thefinestviolinistin theworld. [+ obj + adj]All thecrewaremissing, believeddead. to believe someone or something
not believe a word of it to not believe that something istrue: He told me she was just afriend, but I don't believe a word of it! believe it or notB1(alsowould you believe it?) said whentellingsomeone about something that istrue,althoughitseemsunlikely: He'supstairsdoing hishomework, believe it or not. believe me said whenemphasizingthat something istrue: Believe me, I wasscared! if you believe that, you'll believe anything!informal something that you say toemphasizethat something isobviouslynottrue: He said thecarinfrontbackedinto him, and if you believe that, you'll believe anything! make believe topretendorimagine: Let's make believe(that)we'repirates. See also make-believedisapproving
Believing
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Not believing Expressions of surprise Stressing & emphasizing True, real, false, and unreal Faking & pretending Idiomsbelievesomethingwhenyousee it not believeyoureyes/ears not believeyourluck Phrasal verbsbelieve insomething believe insomeone Examplesofbelievedbelieved In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Progressivesbelievedthat dirt and disorder created chaos and made it difficult for citizens to lift themselves out of poverty. From theCambridge English Corpus On the other hand, the economic recovery isbelievedto be one factor that will speed up the process of combating the corruption problem. From theCambridge English Corpus Most musiciansbelievedthat it had resolved the harmonic problems of musical theory in the best possible way. From theCambridge English Corpus During the mid 1980s, it gradually became apparent that this cost was far greater than had beenbelieved. From theCambridge English Corpus Between these two components, social networks arebelievedto produce norms of reciprocity and trust, even though, such social norms may help build social networks. From theCambridge English Corpus Its members, who were born with the caul,believedthat four times a year their souls would leave their bodies to battle witches. From theCambridge English Corpus However, this shock was largely the result of ignorance of who exactly ' evangelicals ' were and what theybelieved. From theCambridge English Corpus Theybelieved, with justice, that he would return heavy industry to the former owners. From theCambridge English Corpus Editors would be glad to co-operate if theybelievedthat this might enhance the reputation and increase the readership of their papers. From theCambridge English Corpus The traditional, married, male breadwinner model family was longbelievedby policy-makers to offer protection against risk, particularly for women and children. From theCambridge English Corpus Despite the sparse crowd, this observerbelievedthat the rite did not lack merit. From theCambridge English Corpus It also includes checking and resolving potential con-icts with previouslybelieved(or extracted) knowledge. 10. From theCambridge English Corpus On the contrary, they werebelievedto have a physiological problem, which could be solved with certain medications. From theCambridge English Corpus From the beginning, however, it wasbelievedthat increasing the transparency of the programmes was an essential first step. From theCambridge English Corpus It isbelievedto be of dog origin. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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