| 释义 |
face valueˌface ˈvalue noun   - Super Bowl tickets with a face value of $300 are being sold for $2,000.
- Crooks typically sell the notes for 20 percent to 30 percent of their face value.
- In recent weeks at least six banks have sold all or part of their secured loans, for 61-65% of their face value.
- Neta accepted the explanation at face value.
- Taken at face value, the most natural meaning of this slogan is that the body has nothing to do with sin.
- They loiter outside the big match with fistfuls of grubby tickets priced at many times their face value.
- This is probably correct, but conventional medical wisdom need not be accepted entirely at face value.
- This type of bonus is not payable a face value until the policy become a claim.
to believe that something is true► believe to be sure that something is true or that someone is telling the truth: · Did the police believe his story?· I told them I didn't do it, but no one believed me.· You shouldn't believe everything you read in the papers.believe (that): · People used to believe that the sun moved around the earth.believe it or not (=it may be hard to believe this): · I asked them for a $10,000 loan, and believe it or not they said yes.firmly/strongly believe: · I firmly believe that we are responsible for what happens to us in our lives. ► accept to believe something because someone has persuaded you to believe it: · I finally accepted the fact that I would die if I didn't stop smoking.· She succeeded in persuading the jury to accept her version of the events.accept that: · She'll never accept that her husband has been unfaithful. ► take somebody's word for it to believe what someone tells you even though you have no proof of it: · When he told me he'd been in the army, I took his word for it.· "Do you want to check for yourself?" "No, I'll take your word for it." ► give somebody the benefit of the doubt to believe what someone says even though you think they might not be telling the truth: · Something didn't seem quite right, but I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt.· She claimed she wasn't trying to commit suicide, and doctors gave her the benefit of the doubt. ► take something on trust to accept that what someone tells you is true without asking for any proof, because you have decided to trust them: · I'm afraid I can't let you see the letter, so you'll just have to take what I'm saying on trust.· He said he'd never been in trouble before, which I was content to take on trust. ► take/accept something at face value to believe what someone says or what you read, without thinking that it may have another meaning: · Netta accepted Amelia's explanation at face value and didn't ask any more questions.· The letter, if we take it at face value, suggests that Richard is quite happy in his job. ► buy informal to believe a reason or explanation, especially one that is not very likely to be true - use this especially in negatives and questions: · We could tell him it was an accident, but he'd never buy it.· "He said he was with friends last night." "Are you going to buy that?" ► take something at face value- The newspapers have taken this propaganda at face value, without questioning it.
- And he no longer took things at face value.
- Because Kate, for all her faults real and imagined, was the only person ever to take him at face value.
- But now, a hundred years on, certain factions persist in taking it at face value.
1take something at face value to accept a situation or accept what someone says, without thinking there may be a hidden meaning:  You shouldn’t always take his remarks at face value.2[singular, uncountable] the value or cost shown on the front of something such as a stamp or coin |