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单词 fidelity
释义
fidelity
(fɪdelɪti )
1. uncountable noun
Fidelity is loyalty to a person, organization, or set of beliefs. [formal]
I had to promise fidelity to the Queen. [+ to]
Synonyms: loyalty, faith, integrity, devotion  
2. uncountable noun
Fidelity to a sexual partner is not having a sexual relationship with anyone else.
Wanting fidelity implies you're thinking about a major relationship.
3. uncountable noun [with poss]
The fidelity of something such as a report or translation is the degree to which it is accurate. [formal]
...the fidelity of these early documents. [+ of]
Synonyms: accuracy, precision, correspondence, closeness  
Quotations:
Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friendsAlexander Pope
Collocations:
marital fidelity
His wife tried to repair the damage by proclaiming her belief in conventional marital fidelity.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Typically, they address marital fidelity but not nuclear weapons or human rights.
Christianity Today (2000)
For some, there was the agony of uncertainty about marital fidelity at home.
Davey, Ray Rev. & Cole, John A Channel of Peace (1993)
If moral rectitude and marital fidelity are requirements of those who play for England one can see a future when a schoolboy team will represent the country.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Translations:
Chinese: 忠诚
Japanese: 忠誠
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