单词 | believe |
释义 | believe (once / 12 pages) v If you believe something, you think it’s true. If you are easily duped then you might believe your little sister when she says a thief broke into the house and ate all your candy. Believe comes from old German words meaning to have trust. Belief doesn’t require proof, just acceptance. If you’re on a jury and the prosecution and defense present two different versions of what happened, you have to decide which side you believe. To believe can also mean having confidence. If you believe in me, it doesn’t mean that you think I’m real (unless I’m a ghost). It means you think I can do what I set out to do. WORD FAMILYbelieve: belief, believable, believed, believer, believes, believing, disbelieve, misbelieve+/belief: beliefs, disbelief, unbelief/believability: believabilities/believable: believability, believably, unbelievable/believer: believers, nonbeliever, unbeliever/believing: believingly, believings, unbelieving/disbelief: disbeliefs/disbelieve: disbelieved, disbeliever, disbelieves, disbelieving/disbeliever: disbelievers/disbelieving: disbelievingly/misbelieve: misbelieved, misbeliever, misbelieves, misbelieving/misbeliever: misbelievers/nonbeliever: nonbelievers/unbelief: unbeliefs/unbelievable: unbelievably/unbeliever: unbelievers/unbelieving: unbelievingly USAGE EXAMPLESIf that happens, it is believed Robinson will be the first player from Williams College to play in the league. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) “I’ve never paid attention to Tibet and these issues very much. “I just believe in the idea of self-determination. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Landlords believe the market will revive over time, however. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) 1v accept as true; take to be true I believed his report We didn't believe his stories from the War She believes in spirits Ant|Hypo|Hyper disbelieve, discredit reject as false; refuse to accept infer, understand believe to be the case swallowbelieve or accept without questioning or challenge buyaccept as true bank, rely, swear, trusthave confidence or faith in believe inhave a firm conviction as to the goodness of something credithave trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of misbelievehold a false or unorthodox belief leanrely on for support bet, calculate, count, depend, look, reckonhave faith or confidence in accept consider or hold as true 2v be confident about something I believe that he will come back from the war Syn|Hyper trust anticipate, expect regard something as probable or likely 3v credit with veracity You cannot believe this man Should we believe a publication like the National Enquirer? Hyper credit have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of 4v follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too Hypo misbelieve hold a false or unorthodox belief 5v judge or regard; look upon; judge I believe her to be very smart Syn|Hypo|Hyper conceive, consider, think hold remain committed to rethinkchange one's mind thinkdispose the mind in a certain way esteem, look on, look upon, regard as, repute, take to be, think oflook on as or consider feelhave a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude consider, reckon, regard, see, viewdeem to be expectconsider reasonable or due receiveregard favorably or with disapproval reconsiderconsider again; give new consideration to; usually with a view to changing reconsiderconsider again (a bill) that had been voted upon before, with a view to altering it includeconsider as part of something backpedalmodify one's opinion, make it less strong about-facechange one's mind and assume the opposite viewpoint considerregard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem callconsider or regard as being likefeel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard relativise, relativizeconsider or treat as relative identifyconsider (oneself) as similar to somebody else favor, favourconsider as the favorite abstractconsider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically reifyconsider an abstract concept to be real idealise, idealizeconsider or render as ideal deem, hold, take for, view askeep in mind or convey as a conviction or view esteem, prise, prize, respect, valueregard highly; think much of disesteem, disrespecthave little or no respect for; hold in contempt makeconsider as being capitalise, capitalizeconsider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses appreciate, prize, treasure, valuehold dear evaluate, judge, pass judgment form a critical opinion of |
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