英语词汇“to keep the faith”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. to keep the faith: to stay true or faithful to one's promises or convictions, or to the ideologies of a particular group or cause, esp. in testing circumstances; to remain loyal or steadfast. Frequently in imperative. Cf. sense A. 6d.With allusion to 2 Timothy 4:7, ‘I haue fought a good fight, I haue finished my course, I haue kept the faith’ (King James Bible). Cf. to keep (also †hold) (one's) faith at Phrases 2b.

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1896 Literary Digest 10 Oct. 744/2 Is it too much to claim that in giving our support to the nominees of the Chicago convention we are ‘keeping the faith’?

1912 World Almanac & Encyclop. (N.Y. World) 19 (heading) Keep the faith! Carry out party pledges.

1971 B. Sidran Black Talk v. 151 The Black Panthers are still ‘keeping the faith’ in American society.

1997 N.Y. Mag. 22 Dec. 100 (heading) Wonder why Wall Street didn't crater this year? Because the new money cult kept the faith.

2001 Times 2 Jan. ii. 11/2 If this is the umpteenth time that you have decided to quit smoking as a new year's resolution, keep the faith—there is hope.

单词	to keep the faith
释义	> as lemmas to keep the faith c. to keep the faith: to stay true or faithful to one's promises or convictions, or to the ideologies of a particular group or cause, esp. in testing circumstances; to remain loyal or steadfast. Frequently in imperative. Cf. sense A. 6d.With allusion to 2 Timothy 4:7, ‘I haue fought a good fight, I haue finished my course, I haue kept the faith’ (King James Bible). Cf. to keep (also †hold) (one's) faith at Phrases 2b. ΚΠ 1896 Literary Digest 10 Oct. 744/2 Is it too much to claim that in giving our support to the nominees of the Chicago convention we are ‘keeping the faith’? 1912 World Almanac & Encyclop. (N.Y. World) 19 (heading) Keep the faith! Carry out party pledges. 1971 B. Sidran Black Talk v. 151 The Black Panthers are still ‘keeping the faith’ in American society. 1997 N.Y. Mag. 22 Dec. 100 (heading) Wonder why Wall Street didn't crater this year? Because the new money cult kept the faith. 2001 Times 2 Jan. ii. 11/2 If this is the umpteenth time that you have decided to quit smoking as a new year's resolution, keep the faith—there is hope. extracted from faithn.int. < as lemmas
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