faith /feɪθ/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-UNCOUNT If you have faith in someone or something, you feel confident about their ability or goodness. 信心

  例：

  People have lost faith in the government.

  人们已失去了对政府的信心。

• 2. 

  N-UNCOUNT Faith is strong religious belief in a particular God. 宗教信仰

  例：

  Umberto Eco's loss of his own religious faith is reflected in his novels.

  翁贝托·埃科宗教信仰的丧失在他的小说当中得到了反映。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT A faith is a particular religion, for example, Christianity, Buddhism, or Islam. 宗教

  例：

  England shifted officially from a Catholic to a Protestant faith in the 16th century.

  英格兰在16世纪正式从信仰天主教改信新教。

• 4. 

  PHRASE If you do something in good faith, you seriously believe that what you are doing is right, honest, or legal, even though this may not be the case. 真心实意地

  例：

  This report was published in good faith but we regret any confusion which may have been caused.

  发表这份报告出自诚意，但是我们对可能引发的任何混乱而感到遗憾。