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单词 fidelity
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fidelityn.

Brit. /fᵻˈdɛlᵻti/, U.S. /fᵻˈdɛlədi/
Forms: Middle English–1500s fydelite, fydelitie, fidelitye, fidelyte, fidelytie, 1500s–1600s fidelitie, (1500s fidelite), 1500s– fidelity.
Etymology: < French fidélité, < Latin fidēlitāt-em, < fidēlis faithful, < fidēs faith.
1.
a. The quality of being faithful; faithfulness, loyalty, unswerving allegiance to a person, party, bond, etc. Const. to, towards.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > fidelity or loyalty > [noun]
truthOE
trotha1225
trueness?c1225
fayc1300
hold13..
lewtyc1330
faithfulnessc1400
perseverance?a1439
adherence1449
familiarityc1450
fidelity1509
devotiona1530
adherency1579
reality1616
rightness1625
lealty1861
lealness1882
1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. clxvi Amonge these wasters is no fydelyte.
1520 Chron. Eng. iii. f. 25/1 They kepte fydelyte to the Romayns.
1553 Queen Jane Grey in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. App. ii. 4 Our special trust is in your..fidelities in this matter.
1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms cv. 520 Gods mercies..and fidelities to his people.
1684 Bp. G. Burnet tr. T. More Utopia 163 They serve those that hire them..with..great Fidelity.
1791 J. Bentham Panopt. in Wks. (1843) IV. 225 Fidelity to engagements is a virtue.
1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VI. 279 The conduct of Arsames raised Alexander's suspicions of his fidelity.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. viii. 90 A strict, stanch fidelity to the expedition.
b. to make fidelity: to take an oath of fealty.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise, vow, or pledge [verb (intransitive)] > make promise or vow of particular type
to abjure the realm?a1475
to make fidelitya1513
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxxxviii. f. clxv That..kynges of Scotlonde shuld make theyr homage and fydelyte vnto the Kynges of Englonde.
1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem (1774) 79 Ane other fidelitie..sall be..made be the woman, and her heires, in the samine forme and words as homage should be made.
1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem (1774) Table 80 He quha maries ane widow, sould make fidelity to the heire of hir first husband.
c. Conjugal faithfulness.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > [noun] > conjugal virtues or character > conjugal fidelity
fidelity1694
society > morality > virtue > purity > chastity > [noun] > conjugal fidelity
trueshipa1225
fidelity1694
1694 Bp. J. Robinson Acct. Sueden vii. 70 Some of them are accounted more eminent for Chastity before Marriage, than Fidelity after.
1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 227 If we are not barren, our fidelity is proved.
d. Word of honour, oath, pledge; also to give fidelity, to break one's fidelity. by my fidelity: upon my word. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [noun] > pledge or assurance
wordOE
costOE
earnest1221
fayc1300
certainty1303
wager1306
plighta1325
pledge1371
assurancec1386
undertaking?a1400
faithc1405
surementc1410
to make affiancec1425
earnest pennya1438
warrant1460
trow1515
fidelity1531
stipulation1552
warranty1555
pawn1573
arrha1574
avouchment1574
assumption1590
word of honour1598
avouch1603
assecurance1616
preassurance1635
tower-stamp1642
parole of honour1648
spondence1657
honour1659
1531 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 105 The benche dyd examen the foresayd [persons] uppon theyre fydelities.
1574 J. Whitgift Def. Aunswere to Admon. iii. 137 None is admitted to anye degree..but the same is first presented..to the Uniuersitie, by some one..who giueth his fidelitie for them.
1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 165 Pharao..was punished for breaking his fidelitie.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iv. ii. 141 By my fidelity this is not well. View more context for this quotation
e. Ecology. The degree of association of a species with a plant community.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > balance of nature > relationships of organisms > [noun] > other interrelationships
syntrophy1897
satellitism1898
phoresy1911
fidelity1932
syntrophism1946
phoresis1951
amensalism1952
1932 G. D. Fuller & H. S. Conard tr. J. Braun-Blanquet Plant Sociol. iv. 52 The more or less rigid ties by which the species are bound to certain communities—their fidelity.
1955 Jrnl. Ecol. 43 232 Species which are of high fidelity regionally become less faithful in other regions and other different climatic conditions.
1967 M. E. Hale Biol. Lichens iv. 61 A large group of lichens..have high fidelity for limestone and other basic substrates.
2. Strict conformity to truth or fact.
Thesaurus »
a. Of persons: Honesty, truthfulness, trustworthiness, veracity (obsolete).
b. Of a description, translation, etc.: Correspondence with the original; exactness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [noun] > reality
truth1395
realty1440
reality1545
veriness1574
realness1612
fidelity1708
authenticity1839
intuitiveness1841
1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1344/2 Ought we to doubte of his fidelitie and testimony?
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xix. 29 The principall thing required in a witnesse is fidelitie.
1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. vi. §1 How then can the fidelity of a Prophet be discovered by the event?
1708 A. Pope Corr. 19 Jan. (1956) I. 36 Be very free of your remarks..in regard..to the fidelity of the Translation.
1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xxi. 252 He trusting to their Fidelities, set them down as he received them.
1850 R. W. Emerson Shakspeare in Representative Men v. 202 The only critics who have expressed our convictions with any adequate fidelity.
1872 C. Darwin Expression Emotions Man & Animals Introd. 26 By this means [photography on wood] almost complete fidelity is ensured.
c. The degree to which a sound or picture reproduced or transmitted by any device resembles the original; esp. in high fidelity adj. and n. Cf. hi-fi adj. and n., lo-fi adj. and n.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > [noun] > accuracy of reproduction
fidelity1878
1878 G. B. Prescott Speaking Telephone i. 12 The apparatus..reproduces the original vibrations with perfect fidelity.
1897 G. Marconi Brit. Patent 12,039/1896 6 The space cannot..be excessively shortened without injuring the fidelity of the transmission.
1918 H. Seymour Reprod. Sound 269 I introduced baked carbon sheet for the purpose, with remarkable results as to strength and fidelity of tone.
1923 Sci. Amer. July 67/2 For..radio programs..you will..have an extremely sensitive sound converter..which is of an entirely different order of fidelity from that..of [other] microphonic devices.
1931 Electronics Oct. 137/1 We find that the same word—Fidelity—can be used both in connection with the excellence of sound reproduction and picture reproduction.
1935 Discovery Sept. 278/1 Fidelity of both picture and sound reproduction is good.
1958 Economist 26 July 270 The German industry also put its first complete fidelity recorder on to its domestic market in that year [sc. 1948].
3. fidelity insurance n. insurance taken out by an employer to indemnify him against losses incurred through the dishonesty or non-performance of an employee. So fidelity bond, fidelity guarantee, such a bond or contract.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [noun] > other types of insurance
reassurance1702
reinsurance1705
fire insurance1721
marine insurance1787
credit insurance1818
self-insurance1829
guarantee fund1848
industrial assurance1850
industrial insurance1853
fidelity guarantee1880
title insurance1882
open cover1884
rain check1884
co-insurance1889
franchise1895
health insurance1901
casualty insurance1902
travel insurance1912
fidelity insurance1930
medigap1966
fidelity bond1970
1880 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 161/2 Fidelity Guarantee. The guarantee of employers against the fraud or insolvency of their servants.
1930 Economist 26 Apr. 942/1 Its activities are confined to the transaction of fidelity guarantee insurance.
1970 Daily Tel. 28 Sept. 3 The insurance companies..will investigate the staff, checking with previous employers and so on. If their character is good they are given what is known as a fidelity bond.
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