| 单词 | faith |
| 释义 | faith (feɪθ ) Word forms: faiths 1. uncountable noun B2 If you have faith in someone or something, you feel confident about their ability or goodness. She had placed a great deal of faith in Mr Penleigh. [+ in] People have lost faith in the British Parliament. [+ in] Synonyms: confidence, trust, credit, conviction 2. countable noun [usually adjective NOUN] B2 A faith is a particular religion, for example Christianity, Buddhism, or Islam. He established a reputation as a steadfast defender of the Catholic faith. 3. uncountable noun B2 Faith is strong religious belief in a particular God. Umberto Eco's loss of his own religious faith is reflected in his novels. 4. break faith with phrase If you break faith with someone you made a promise to or something you believed in, you stop acting in a way that supports them. If we don't, we're breaking faith with our people! Synonyms: be disloyal to, betray, be unfaithful to, be untrue to 5. in good faith 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. This report was published in good faith but we regret any confusion which may have been caused. Synonyms: honestly, sincerely, honourably 6. keep faith with phrase If you keep faith with someone you have made a promise to or something you believe in, you continue to support them even when it is difficult to do so. He has made one of the most powerful American films of the year by keeping faith with his radical principles. Synonyms: be loyal to, support, defend, stand by 7. See also article of faith, leap of faith Quotations: Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen Bible: Hebrews I show you doubt, to prove that faith existsBalaustion's Adventure Faith without works is dead Bible: James The faith that stands on authority is not faithEssays Faith will move mountains Collocations: complete faith He has complete faith in his own ability. Times,Sunday Times (2020) You should only ever join a board where you have complete faith in the management team. Times, Sunday Times (2015) He has my complete faith, support & respect. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Providentially, as we embarked on our environmental journey, we also began a faith journey. Christianity Today At a baptismal service, we always ask those who are baptized to speak about their faith journey. Christianity Today These 'mountaintop experiences'; can strengthen our spirits and provide vigor for our faith journey. Christianity Today They didn't play down the faith journey or faith experiences. Christianity Today We need to be prepared to answer a variety of questions concerning the many stages of a person's faith journey. Christianity Today This method of mantram repetition, and the larger program, was developed for use in any major faith tradition, or outside all traditions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 How wonderful it would be if this partnership were joined by other faith traditions, worldwide, as we refused to be defined against our neighbor. Christianity Today They come from many faith traditions, and some have no faith background. Christianity Today They have coffee houses, food trucks, yoga classes and co-working spaces-;all the while remaining anchored in their faith traditions. Christianity Today Our faith traditions reject the notion that reliance on the threat of mass destruction could ever be right. Times, Sunday Times We often equate ethical and moral lifestyle with genuine faith. Christianity Today And with the athletes' funding set to double we can have genuine faith in an equally stellar performance in 2012, maybe better still. The Sun I cried and kept searching, and genuine faith began to awaken. Christianity Today Good works always follow genuine faith, they insisted; but they are not the basis or condition of divine forgiveness. Christianity Today Genuine faith has its source beyond us. Times, Sunday Times None of the alternative openers inspired faith, either. Times, Sunday Times In the councils of government, he inspires faith in his motives and gives weight to his words. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Worthless man, this neither inspires faith in the faithless nor increases the faithful. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In a creative life you have to keep faith with yourself. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The determination to keep faith in his more implausible theories had disastrous consequences on more than one occasion. The Times Literary Supplement (2014) Perhaps he could also explain why the government has kept faith with these two companies for so long. Times,Sunday Times (2020) This lack of faith will not help to attract youngsters into science and engineering. Times,Sunday Times In summary, it shows a lack of faith in the economic recovery and the health of many advanced economies that should leave every investor worried. Times, Sunday Times Its highlighted something else, too: an apparent lack of faith in his own prudential regulation. Times,Sunday Times Yet insensitive people had chastised her for lack of faith. Christianity Today But perhaps lack of faith in human nature has more to do with it. Times, Sunday Times For them, church means a living faith community within a neighborhood. Christianity Today For those penitents, the visit exposes a lasting devotion and a living faith that enhances and reaffirms their spiritual needs. Times, Sunday Times Of course set prayers can be all that, but they can also be an expression of living faith. Christianity Today Gamers lose faith, and a brand may be damaged beyond repair. Times, Sunday Times They then lose faith in an objective moral order and end by losing faith in themselves. Times, Sunday Times Societies start growing old when they lose faith in the transcendent. Times, Sunday Times Music can be a noise in the background, but if that's all it becomes then you lose faith in its ability to deliver epiphanies. Times, Sunday Times It's enough to make you lose faith in them. Times, Sunday Times Genuine loss of faith like any conversion will be experienced as a homecoming, a discovery of how things truly are. Times, Sunday Times The loss of faith, albeit from a high level before, was particularly marked in the young. Times, Sunday Times It's not just an admission of imperfection; it's also addressing a loss of faith. Times, Sunday Times Is this trend occurring because of my generation's collective loss of faith in the idea of a career for life? Times, Sunday Times However, there has been a complete loss of faith over the past year. Times, Sunday Times It was a matter of faith from then until you got clear and could take your foot off. Times, Sunday Times It's mainly a matter of faith in himself. The Sun Their decisions must not be greeted rationally: they are a matter of faith. Times, Sunday Times The future was a matter of faith, and you either believed or you didn't. Times,Sunday Times Fans of echinacea have long sworn that it can ward off the common cold, a claim that has been dismissed this as a matter of faith. Times, Sunday Times But in my two years here, not one person has asked me about the health of my personal faith. Christianity Today It's been erroneously expressed that my own personal faith or the claims of faith of the inmate factored into my decision. Christianity Today In dealings with the citizen we should eliminate reference to the irrelevant factor of personal faith. Times, Sunday Times They wanted to talk about personal faith — their lack of it, to be exact. Christianity Today Discernment with mentors and prayerful reflection with fellow believers are always vital prior to sharing our personal faith. Christianity Today It's much easier to expand a database and place faith in science than to reform the way the police are run. Times, Sunday Times The relationship works two ways: insurers also place faith in us to be honest. Times,Sunday Times And we have come to place faith in all aspects of the design process, from community consultation to landscape architecture, as essential to making a durable, energetic community. Times, Sunday Times Later, the narrator remarks, 'there was hardly anyone anymore who placed faith in the tales that storytellers would mumble to themselves'. The Times Literary Supplement He never fully trusts his followers and places faith only in his family members and close relatives. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Until those who profess faith show a greater willingness to put aside their indifference to the atheists' intellectual objections, the sniping will continue and justifiably so. Times, Sunday Times Nine adults professed faith for the first time. Christianity Today Generally, he sees little difference between the actions of religious executives and those with no professed faith. Globe and Mail At 31, he had a religious vision and retained a profound faith until death. Times, Sunday Times It's a mind-curdling mixture of the gruesomely brutal and the downright silly, of the fairground sideshow and the symbol of profound faith. Times, Sunday Times I still have a profound faith. Christianity Today A humble, prayerful man, of slim build and small stature, he held a profound faith. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Religious faith can be no excuse for this hatefulness, as the law states. The Sun Religious faith appears to have played a role too. Times, Sunday Times Religious faith lies in the realm of private judgment. Times, Sunday Times Religious faith in its purest form, as it was always meant to be, practised by someone fundamentally good, flexible to the point of view of others, and non-judgmental. The Sun Prejudice should never be allowed to masquerade as religious faith. Times, Sunday Times Enhanced productivity remains the top reason for upgrading equipment, but a renewed faith in the domestic economy also appears to be spurring some businesses into action. Times, Sunday Times We need to give families, who have surely lost hope by now, renewed faith that after all these years, we will deliver the changes they have been waiting for. Times, Sunday Times Her grief and renewed faith compelled her to comply. Times, Sunday Times High-tech architecture aimed to achieve a new industrial aesthetic, spurred on by the renewed faith in the progression of technology. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This belief began a process of searching for a renewed faith. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This was my opportunity to repay the faith they showed in me. The Sun (2016) She repaid this faith with a triumphant creation. Times, Sunday Times (2011) His faith was stunningly repaid. The Sun (2006) Put faith under a microscope, and you'll determine there's nothing there; put it on trial, and you might restore faith to its respectable, reasonable standing. Christianity Today I would hope to restore faith in civilised life. Times, Sunday Times For all the bluff, bluster and blunders, there are still moments of balance that restore faith in football's power to captivate, enthral and move. Times, Sunday Times The sign at the front says the park will transport the visitor through time and restore faith and hope. Times, Sunday Times It was a wonderful scene that did something to restore faith in the precious covenant between rulers and the people. The Sun It was shaped by the secular faith of universalism, otherwise known as the creation of the brotherhood of man. Times, Sunday Times The possibility of this astringent leftwinger having something other than a secular faith should not entirely surprise his readers. Times, Sunday Times We would do well to remember that it was secular faith that inspired much of the terror of the last century. Times, Sunday Times The squares will probably be carefully fenced off, pastoral altars for a secular faith. Times, Sunday Times Green's brilliance was not confined to what many people saw as a secular faith. Times, Sunday Times This unlucky hit has done nothing to shake the faith of the crews in their vehicles. The Sun (2007) 'Nor will their faith be shaken under the strain of the challenge now facing them. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The global financial crisis shook many people's faith in the stability and durability of the global financial order. Times, Sunday Times (2014) I don't share his faith in its fairness, though. Times, Sunday Times Is there only one way to share your faith? Christianity Today What do you think gets in the way of people who have a responsibility to share their faith? Christianity Today Thus, activities such as door-to-door visitation, open-air preaching, and evangelistic dinner parties can be great opportunities to train people to share their faith. Christianity Today Some for reasons of fear don't share their faith with others. Christianity Today High up the list comes a shared faith. Times, Sunday Times Aside from a shared faith, the two men had few obvious similarities. Times, Sunday Times Did a shared faith provide a rallying point for ancient communities, a protective device that bonded people together in the face of threat? Times, Sunday Times In the early days there was a confidence that, when disputes arose between local communities, shared faith and goodwill would be enough to resolve them. Times, Sunday Times Although brought together initially by the gentle meddling of family members, the couple were united by their shared faith. Times, Sunday Times The third has recently become a high school principal, putting his strong faith on the line time and again. Christianity Today My strong faith has helped me get through it. The Sun I have a strong faith and friends prayed for me. Times,Sunday Times Thankfully, all three have strong faith walks today. Christianity Today Even more remarkable was his capacity to make unexpected associations between different periods of history, helped by a strong faith in humanity. Times, Sunday Times But his emerging faith was also tested by a crisis. Christianity Today (2000) Was he just testing the mother's faith? Christianity Today (2000) England's players may arrive in Australia full of confidence but they will have that faith tested on a regular basis. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Others that true faith leads to physical health and financial prosperity. Christianity Today Others think true faith might have a role. Christianity Today But to turn this single truth into the whole mistakenly leads to the idea that true faith can stand on its own. Christianity Today So where did we get this fear of stepping out of line and risking damnation, this certainty that there was only one true faith? Times, Sunday Times They are left with only icons as their contact with the true faith. The Times Literary Supplement It could be more important for the force to concentrate on spreading understanding of faith in areas that are less diverse, he adds. Times, Sunday Times I find it good devotional reading, but it has also been particularly good as a book to recommend to students ready to take on a deeper understanding of faith. Christianity Today Without a sound understanding of faith, how can you appreciate art, history or literature? Times, Sunday Times The chaplain has arranged a series of faith talks for staff which aim to improve understanding of faiths. Times, Sunday Times Then, while attempting his first prayer, he had an experience which would leave him with unshakeable faith - and change his life forever. The Sun The first was his unshakeable faith that he was doing the right thing. Times, Sunday Times They're people with unshakeable faith in the coming showdown between good and evil. Times, Sunday Times That would be as logical as his unshakeable faith in a failing gameplan. The Sun The unshakeable faith that both he and his side have in their way of playing looks not only to be something that will entertain all fans this season. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 信念 Japanese: 信念 |
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