| 单词 | trust |
| 释义 | trust I. 1. a. < nor should a physician do anything to diminish the trust reposed by the patient in his own physician — W.T. & Barbara Fitts > < the trust that farmer places in the fertilizer operator — Monsanto Magazine > < being ignorant of these matters, I take it all on trust — H.J.Laski > b. < God, thou art my trust from my youth — Ps 71:5 (Authorized Version) > < if I have made gold my trust — Job 31:24 (Revised Standard Version) > 2. a. < hurried down to those who were waiting in joyful trust — George Meredith > b. < sell on trust > 3. a. b. (1) (2) 4. archaic < there's no trust, no faith, no honesty in men — Shakespeare > 5. a. (1) < accept, as a sacred trust, the obligation to promote to the largest possible extent the welfare of such peoples — B.A.G.Cohen > (2) < no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States — U.S. Constitution > b. < feel that my trust as chairman of the board of this bank requires me to exert every effort — W.W.Aldrich > < sometimes people fail in their trust, but they live up to it far more often — Boy Scout Handbk. > c. < a child committed to his trust > Synonyms: < to Miss Biddums he confided with equal trust his tattered garments and his more serious griefs — Rudyard Kipling > < his youthful optimism and his cheerful trust in men — Katherine McNamara > confidence may indicate a feeling of sureness about another that is based on experience and evidence without strong effect of the subjective < both of whom had profound confidence in him — T.M.Spaulding > < he apparently has won the confidence of farm workers, merchants and others, who continue to elect him — Harold Callender > reliance may be used readily in contexts in which assuredness in another has formed the basis for some choice or decision < his diffidence had prevented his depending on his own judgment in so anxious a case, but his reliance on mine made everything easy — Jane Austen > < had written out his Christmas sermon with a good deal of care and an excessive reliance on what other preachers had said before him — Compton Mackenzie > dependence is likely to suggest lack of independence and inability to act for one's self while relying on another < the drastic effect on a girl's life of the mother's dependence on her — Leslie Rees > < a woman who did not regard the change from economic independence on an employer to economic dependence on a man, as an honorable promotion — Virginia Woolf > faith may indicate a confidence that transcends, waives, or violates factual evidence < although I already had great faith in the mental capacity of the Polynesians, even I was astounded at the facility with which the students forged ahead — V.G.Heiser > < a lasting faith that not everything in the dreams I dreamed as an undergraduate can possibly have been false — T.R.Ybarra > • - in trust II. III. intransitive verb 1. a. < hope for the best, and trust in God — Sydney Smith > < flung together a jumble of material, and trusted to its timeliness to sell — V.L.Parrington > < trust to luck > b. < need not succumb to panic, however, if we will trust and not be afraid — J.W.McKelvey > < will see you soon, I trust > 2. transitive verb 1. a. < trust my precious flowers to a mere man — Margaret Deland > < such trees must be cared for … almost no owner would, or does, trust them to a tenant — B.H.Hibbard > b. < sealed my letter, and not trusting it out of my own hands, delivered it myself — Charles Dickens > c. < trusted his son with the family car > < trusted him with her story > 2. a. < if we may trust him as a witness > < if rumor may be trusted > b. < trust the storekeeper from whom you buy your baseball mitt to sell you a good one — Boy Scout Handbk. > < was widely trusted and loved by the community as a whole — K.S.Latourette > < trust him to know when to keep quiet > c. < trusted the sight of that barren mountainside would compensate us for all the discomforts — W.H.Hudson †1922 > < trusted to find oil on the land > 3. < do you suppose he'd mind trusting me for the other dollar-ninety — MacKinlay Kantor > Synonyms: see rely |
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