单词 | fidelity |
释义 | fidelity (once / 408 pages) 1n 2n Fidelity is the quality of being faithful or loyal. Dogs are famous for their fidelity. Fidelity comes from the Latin root fides, which means faith, so fidelity is the state of being faithful. Marital fidelity is faithfulness to your spouse. If you're a journalist, your reports should have fidelity to the facts. Someone without fidelity to a religion or group belief is called an infidel. WORD FAMILYfidelity: fidelities, infidelity+/infidelity: infidelities USAGE EXAMPLES"This was an example of fidelity to the Gospel," he said. Reuters(Dec 26, 2016) Sessions praised the foot soldiers for their “courage and fidelity” and added: “More needs to be done. We need to join closer hands.” Washington Post(Dec 24, 2016) Fidelity paid about $250 million for eMoney, a wealth management software company based in suburban Philadelphia, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. Reuters(Dec 16, 2016) 1 n the quality of being faithful 2Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper faithfulness infidelity, unfaithfulness the quality of being unfaithful constancy faithfulness and dependability in personal attachments (especially sexual fidelity) dedicationcomplete and wholehearted fidelity loyalty, truenessthe quality of being loyal staunchness, steadfastnessloyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty allegiance, fealtythe loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign) nationalism, patriotismlove of country and willingness to sacrifice for it regionalismloyalty to the interests of a particular region quality an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone n accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal Hyper accuracy, truth the quality of being near to the true value |
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