faith
noun
uk/feɪθ/us/feɪθ/faithnoun(TRUST)
B2[U]
greattrustorconfidencein something or someone:
信任；信心Shehasno faithinmodernmedicine.她对现代医学没有信心。
You'llcope- I havegreatfaithinyou.你能应付得了——我对你很有信心。
After thetrial, hisfamilysaid they hadlostall faithinthejudicialsystem.审判之后，他的家人说，他们对司法体系已完全丧失信心。
Politicians muststartkeepingtheirpromisesif theywanttorestorethe people's faithingovernment.如果政治人物想恢复人们对政府的信任，他们必须开始信守承诺。
- The leader'sspeechwasimpressiveandconfirmedher faith in theparty.
- Thepeoplehave no faith intheirgovernment, andhereinliestherootof theproblem.
- All herlifeshe hadimplicitfaith insocialism.
- When thedrugsfailedtocureher, she put her faith inherbalmedicine.
- It wasapparentthat thecaptainhad little faith in therestof theteam.
Trusting and not trusting
- (you can) depend on/upon itidiom
- accept/takesomethingon faithidiom
- bank
- bank onsomeone/something
- believe
- believe insomething
- count
- distrustful
- have faith!idiom
- I wouldn't trustsomeoneas far as I could throwthemidiom
- keep faith withsomething/someoneidiom
- lean
- non-confidence
- not trustsomeonean/one inchidiom
- put/placeyourfaith insomething/someoneidiom
- reliance
- reliant
- turn tosomeone/something
- untrustworthiness
- untrustworthy
faithnoun(RELIGION)
B2[C]
aparticularreligion:
（某一）宗教theMuslim/Christian/Jewish/Buddhistfaith伊斯兰教／基督教／犹太教／佛教
They werepersecutedfortheirfaith.他们因宗教信仰而遭受迫害。
He wasforcedtopractisehis faith insecret.他被迫对自己的宗教信仰保密。
amulti-faithsociety宗教信仰多元化的社会
They werebroughtup inthetruefaith(= thereligionwhich thespeakerbelievesis the onlytrueone).他们在正统的宗教熏陶下长大。
B2[U]
strongbeliefinGodor aparticularreligion:
宗教信仰Even in thebadtimesshe neverlosther faith.即使在困难时期，她也从未丧失信仰。
Her faithinGodwasshatteredwhen herbabydied.她的孩子死后，她对上帝的信仰破灭了。
It's my faith thatkeepsme going.是我的信仰在推动我前进。
- ProtestantismandRomanCatholicismare bothdenominationsof theChristianfaith.
- In amulticulturalsocietyis it notanomalousto have ablasphemylawwhich onlyprotectsonereligiousfaith?
- Heviewshislifeas aspiritualjourneytowards agreaterunderstandingof his faith.
- She wassustainedby thestrengthof herreligiousfaith.
- She is apiousfollowerof the faith, nevermissingherprayers.
Religions & religious groups
- Abrahamic
- African Methodist Episcopal Church
- AME
- anti-Catholicism
- anti-Christianity
- established
- evangelicalism
- faith-based
- Free Church
- multi-religious
- neo-paganism
- non-established
- paganism
- Pentecostalism
- Sikhism
- Sufic
- Sufism
- Sunni
- super-church
- the Episcopal Church
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Religious beliefs & atheistic beliefs
Idioms
accept/takesomethingon faith
faith can move mountains
have faith!
keep faith withsomething/someone
put/placeyourfaith insomething/someone