believe /bɪˈliːv/ CET4 TEM4 ( believing, believed, believes )

• 1. 

  V-T If you believe that something is true, you think it is true, but you are not sure. 认为 [正式]

  例：

  Experts believe that the coming drought will be extensive.

  专家们认为即将到来的干旱将会是大面积的。

  例：

  We believe them to be hidden here in this apartment.

  我们认为他们藏匿在这所公寓里。

• 2. 

  V-T If you believe someone or if you believe what they say or write, you accept that they are telling the truth. 相信

  例：

  He did not sound as if he believed her.

  听起来他似乎不相信她的话。

  例：

  Never believe anything a married man says about his wife.

  永远别相信一个已婚男人说的关于自己妻子的话。

• 3. 

  V-I If you believe in fairies, ghosts, or miracles, you are sure that they exist or happen. If you believe in a god, you are sure of the existence of that god. 相信…的存在

  例：

  I don't believe in ghosts.

  我不相信有鬼。

• 4. 

  V-I If you believe in a way of life or an idea, you are in favour of it because you think it is good or right. 赞成

  例：

  He believed in marital fidelity.

  他赞成对婚姻忠实。

• 5. 

  V-I If you believe in someone or what they are doing, you have confidence in them and think that they will be successful. 对…有信心

  例：

  If you believe in yourself you can succeed.

  对自己有信心，你就能成功。