| 释义 |
in·fi·del·i·ty
\|infə|deləd.ē, -ətē, -i sometimes -ˌfī|-\ noun
Etymology: Middle French infidelité, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin infidelitat-, infidelitas disbelief in Christianity, heathenism, from Latin, unfaithfulness, from infidelis + -itat-, -itas -ity
1. : lack of faith or belief in a religion : state or character of being infidel
2. archaic : skepticism, incredulity
3.
a. : breach of trust : unfaithfulness to a charge or a moral obligation : disloyalty, perfidy
b. : marital unfaithfulness or an instance of it
< made no secret of his many infidelities >
4. : failure to reproduce (as a text or a model) exactly; also : an instance of such failure
< numerous infidelities in the translation >
< infidelity in size also made printing from … plastic plates a hazard — Graphic Arts Review > |