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faith
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🇺🇸 /fˈeɪθ/
faith 主要表示“信任、信念或宗教信仰”，也可作女性名、姓氏或地名；另有一个过时的感叹词用法。
💡 记忆钩子
把 faith 想成“把心交给某人或某件事”：有根据地相信是信任，没有直接证据仍相信是信念，形成一套精神信念就是宗教；把这种信任延伸到人与人之间，就是忠诚和守信。Faith 作为名字，则像把“信仰”这一美德直接用作人名。
📝 学习建议
- 先掌握“信任／信念”这一核心，再区分宗教信仰和守信；不要把 faith 一律理解成“事实”或“迷信”。
- faith 常可指有根据的信任，也可指缺少经验证据的信念，具体含义要看上下文。
📖 中文释义
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rare 凭我的信仰📖 这是 by my faith 的省略，带有古旧的感叹或强调语气，相当于“我敢保证”一类说法。💡 通常只出现在固定的古旧表达中，不能自然地放在现代句子开头替代现代感叹词。学习阅读时认出它与“凭信仰发誓”有关即可，不必主动使用。abbreviation alt-of ellipsis obsolete
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common 女性名 Faith📖 Faith 可作为英语女性名，源自表示“信仰”这一美德的普通名词。💡 常见模式是“人名 + 动词”，或在称呼、介绍中直接使用 Faith。它是专名，不要在指某个人时把它当作普通名词翻译成“信仰”。countable uncountableFaith joined our team last month.Faith 上个月加入了我们的团队。
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common 姓氏或艺名📖 Faith 也可以是英语姓氏，或被表演者采用的艺名。💡 通常出现在完整姓名、署名或演出信息中，首字母保持大写。不要因为它本身有普通词义，就擅自把姓氏翻译成“信仰”。countable uncountableThe actor Jordan Faith appeared in the new film.演员乔丹·费思出演了这部新电影。
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common 美国地名📖 Faith 还可作为美国某些地点的名称，具体所指要由上下文确定。💡 表示地点时常跟在 in、near、from 等地点表达之后，并按专名处理。不要仅凭单词本身判断它一定表示“信仰”。countable uncountableThey stopped in Faith on their way west.他们向西行进时在 Faith 停留了。
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core 信任；信心📖 这里的 faith 是把心交给某人或某物的信任，通常来自过去的表现、经验或可靠证据。💡 常用模式是 have faith in + 人或事物，也可说 put one's faith in。它强调对能力、可靠性或结果的信心，不要与表示“相信某个说法”的 believe 混为一谈。countable uncountableI have faith in her ability to solve the problem.我相信她有能力解决这个问题。The team's recent wins restored my faith in them.球队最近的胜利让我重新对他们有了信心。
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core 信念；信仰📖 faith 也可以是即使没有直接证据，仍然对某种想法、理想或结果抱有坚定相信。💡 常见模式是 have faith that + 从句、faith in + 抽象名词，或 simply have faith。这里通常强调内在确信和希望，不一定涉及宗教。countable uncountableShe kept faith that things would improve.她始终相信情况会好转。He has faith in the power of education.他相信教育的力量。
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core 宗教信仰📖 当 faith 指一整套宗教或精神信仰时，它不只是个人的一次相信，而是包含教义、传统和信仰群体的体系。💡 常见模式是 the Christian faith、the Jewish faith 等，也可说 people of different faiths。表示具体宗教体系时常用 the 加宗教名称或 faiths 的复数。countable uncountableThe museum welcomes visitors of every faith.这座博物馆欢迎各种宗教信仰的访客。
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common 忠诚；守信📖 这里的 faith 是对承诺、关系或职责的忠诚，以及按照这种忠诚去履行义务；它把“信任”延伸成“值得信赖地守约”。💡 常见模式是 keep faith with + 人，表示对某人守信；in good faith 表示出于善意、真诚地行事。不要把 keep faith with 直译成“保持信仰和某人在一起”。countable uncountableShe kept faith with her promise to help us.她信守了帮助我们的承诺。
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rare 可信性；真实性📖 这个较旧的用法把 faith 看成某个说法或叙述值得相信的程度，也就是它的可信性。💡 现代英语中通常用 credibility、reliability 或 truth 来表达这一意思，faith 作此义多见于旧式或正式文本。阅读时可根据上下文理解为“可信、可靠”，不要优先套用宗教义。countable obsolete uncountable
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📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 4 组
loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person;
同义词集:
faith
keep the faith
they broke faith with their investors
上位: allegiance, commitment, dedication, loyalty
complete confidence in a person or plan etc;
同义词集:
faith
trust
he cherished the faith of a good woman
the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust
上位: belief
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
同义词集:
religion
faith
religious belief
he lost his faith but not his morality
上位: belief
下位: analogy, buddhism, christian religion, christianity, cult, cultus, doctrine of analogy, heathenism, hindooism, hinduism, mysticism, pagan religion, paganism, religious cult, religious mysticism
an institution to express belief in a divine power;
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religion
faith
organized religion
he was raised in the Baptist religion
a member of his own faith contradicted him
上位: establishment, institution
下位: buddhism, christian church, church, church of scientology, cult, hebraism, hindooism, hinduism, jewish religion, judaism, religious order, religious sect, scientology, sect
🌳 词源
源自中古英语 faith 或 fay，借自古法语 fei、feid，最终来自拉丁语 fidem；作为女性名时则取自表示宗教美德的普通名词。
From Middle English faith (also fay), borrowed from Old French fei, feid, from Latin fidem. Doublet of foy. Displaced native Old English ġelēafa, which was also a word for belief.
* Old French had [θ] as a final devoiced allophone of /ð/ from lenited Latin /d/; this eventually fell silent in the 12th century. The -th of the Middle English forms is most straightforwardly accounted for as a direct borrowing of a French [θ]. However, it has also been seen as arising from alteration of a French form with -d under influence of English abstract nouns in the suffix -th (e.g., truth, ruth, health, etc.), or as a recharacterization of a French form like fay, fey, fei with the same suffix. Compare Champenois fiate, fiaite, showing the same preservation of the final consonant.
🔄 变式
Faiths
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