beliefs

英 [bɪˈliːfs]

美 [bɪˈlifs]

n.  相信; 信心; 看法; 信念; 信仰; 宗教信仰
belief的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 信心；信念；信仰
  Beliefis a feeling of certainty that something exists, is true, or is good.
  1. One billion people throughout the world are Muslims, united by belief in one god.
     全世界有10亿穆斯林，共同的一神信仰将他们团结在一起。
  2. ...a belief in personal liberty.
     对个人自由的信仰
• N-PLURAL （对宗教或政治的）信仰，观点，看法
  Your religious or politicalbeliefsare your views on religious or political matters.
  1. He refuses to compete on Sundays because of his religious beliefs.
     出于宗教信仰，他拒绝在礼拜天进行比赛。
• N-SING 信念；坚定的看法
  If it is yourbeliefthat something is the case, it is your strong opinion that it is the case.
  1. It is our belief that improvements in health care will lead to a stronger, more prosperous economy.
     我们坚信，改善医疗保健会使经济更加繁荣昌盛。
• PHRASE 难以置信
  You usebeyond beliefto emphasize that something is true to a very great degree or that it happened to a very great degree.
  1. We are devastated, shocked beyond belief...
     我们极为震惊，无法相信所发生的一切。
  2. Her son's skin improved beyond belief.
     她儿子的皮肤得到了难以置信的改善。
• PHRASE 和人们一般的认识相反；和一般看法相反
  You usecontrary to popular beliefto introduce a statement that is the opposite to what is thought to be true by most ordinary people.
  1. Contrary to popular belief, there is no evidence that what you look like makes much difference to your life.
     和人们一般的看法相反，没有证据表明面相对人生有多大影响。
• PHRASE （通常错误地）认为
  If you do one thingin the belief thatanother thing is true or will happen, you do it because you think, usually wrongly, that it is true or will happen.
  1. Civilians had broken into the building, apparently in the belief that it contained food.
     平民百姓闯进了大楼，显然他们误以为里面有食物。

双语例句

• Her art became a vehicle for her political beliefs
  艺术成了她表达政治信仰的工具。
• These ideas gradually incorporated with the existing religious beliefs to form a new philosophy.
  这些观点逐渐与现存的宗教信仰结合而形成一套新哲学。
• Her strong Catholic beliefs made abortion unthinkable.
  笃信天主教让她完全无法接受堕胎。
• When events happen that shake these beliefs, our fear takes control
  当一些事情的发生动摇这些信念时，恐惧就会占据我们的心灵。
• In examining the content of the unconscious, Freud called into question some deeply-held beliefs.
  在审视无意识的内容时，弗洛伊德对一些根深蒂固的看法提出了质疑。
• He refused to cut his hair due to his Rastafarian beliefs.
  因为信奉拉斯塔法里教，他拒绝剪去头发。
• We should discard old beliefs.
  我们应该抛弃旧观念。
• Mr Weaver and his family have been persecuted by the authorities for their beliefs
  韦弗先生和他的家人由于其信仰而遭到当局的迫害。
• They were ready to die for their beliefs
  他们甘愿为信仰而死。
• As a clergyman's son he'd imbibed a set of mystical beliefs from the cradle.
  作为牧师的儿子，他从尚在襁褓时起就接受了一套神秘主义信仰。