单词 | trust |
释义 | noun | verb trusttrust1 /trʌst/ ●●● S2 W2 noun 1BELIEF [uncountable] a strong belief in the honesty, goodness, etc. of someone or something: Their partnership is based on trust and cooperation. The company has put its trust in Stover to manage the factory. I never thought I would ever betray his trust (=do something that shows someone should not have trusted you).2FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENT [countable, uncountable] social studies, economics an arrangement by which someone has legal control of your money or property, especially until you are old enough to use it: The money has been set aside in a trust.hold/put/place something in trust Their inheritance will be held in trust until the children are 18. → see also trust fund3ORGANIZATION [countable usually singular] an organization or group that has control over money that will be used to help someone else: a charitable trust4COMPANIES [countable] a group of companies that illegally work together to reduce competition and to control prices: anti-trust laws5a position of trust a job or position in which you have been given the responsibility of making important decisions: McWilliams was in a position of trust as a church leader.6take something on trust to believe that something is true without having any proof: I just had to take it on trust that he would deliver the money.[Origin: 1100–1200 Old Norse traust confidence, trust] noun | verb trusttrust2 ●●● S2 W2 verb [transitive] 1PEOPLE to believe that someone is honest and will not harm you, cheat you, etc. OPP distrust: I never trusted him.trust somebody to do something Managers must trust their employees to get the job done.trust somebody completely/implicitly His mother is the only person he trusts implicitly.2FACTS/JUDGMENT to be sure that something is correct: Can we trust these statistics? Alfred had trusted Roy’s judgment in business matters. Just trust your instincts (=do what you feel is the right thing)!► see thesaurus at believe3THINGS to be sure that something is good or will work correctly: You can trust the quality of the meat they sell.trust something to do something I wouldn’t trust the ladder to support my weight.4trust somebody with something to believe that someone would be careful with something valuable or dangerous if you gave it to him or her: They trusted him with their lives.5trust something to luck/chance/fate etc. to hope that things will happen in the way that you want, especially because you think there is nothing else you can do: Organizing a business shouldn’t be trusted to chance – get professional advice.6I wouldn’t trust somebody any farther than I can throw him/her spoken used to say that you do not trust someone very much7I trust (that) spoken formal used to say politely that you hope something is true: I trust that you will seriously consider my offer. → see also trustingtrust in somebody/something phrasal verb formal to believe that someone or something can be depended on to do something: The Pilgrims trusted in God to provide food. |
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