belief的用法知多少
飞扬英语之精典语法belief的用法知多少
belief的用法知多少
一、belief的基本用法
1. 相信；信心(不可数名词)
I admire her belief in what she is doing.
我佩服她对自己工作所抱的坚定信心。
2. 看法；信念(不可数名词)
There’s a general belief that things will soon get better.
普遍认为情况很快就会好转。
Contrary to popular belief, he was not responsible for the accident.
与大家的看法相反，他对这事故没有责任。
3. 信仰；宗教信仰(可数名词)
His political beliefs grew out of his experience in the early twentieth century.
他的政治信仰来自他二十世纪早期的经历。
4. 常用结构：
beyond belief 令人难以置信
The hard life in the earth-stricken area was beyond my belief.
地震区艰难的生活令我难以置信。
Dissatisfaction with the government has grown beyond belief.
对政府的不满已经达到令人难以置的程度。
in the belief that…相信，认为
She acted in the belief that she was doing good.
她这么做是因为她认定自己是在做好事。
Some people enjoy a glass of red wine every day in the belief that it may do them good.
有些人每天喝点红酒，他们认为有好处。
It is a common belief that …人们一般认为……
It was once a common belief that the earth was flat.
曾经一度普遍信仰地球是平的。
二、拓展：believe的基本用法
1. 相信；认为真实(接名词或宾语从句)
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