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believe in

/bih-leev/US // bɪˈliv //UK // (bɪˈliːv) //

坚信,相信在,信奉于,坚信在

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
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    be·lieved, be·liev·ing.

    • : to have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without absolute proof that one is right in doing so: Only if one believes in something can one act purposefully.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    be·lieved, be·liev·ing.

    • : to have confidence or faith in the truth of; give credence to.
    • : to have confidence in the assertions of.
    • : to have a conviction that is, has been, or will be engaged in a given action or involved in a given situation: The fugitive is believed to be headed for the Mexican border.
    • : to suppose or assume; understand: I believe that he has left town.
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    • : believe in, to be persuaded of the truth or existence of: to believe in Zoroastrianism; to believe in ghosts.to have faith in the reliability, honesty, benevolence, etc., of: I can help only if you believe in me.

Phrases

  • believe it or not
  • believe one's ears
  • lead one to believe
  • make believe
  • you'd better believe it

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • The thing that I believe I got the advantage is the teammates because he left the team, and all the teammates that helped me get prepared for him know him very well.

  • We listened to people, and there are a lot of people who tried to stand up for what they believed in and weren’t really heard.

  • Those who want to wrap themselves in the flag and believe the song conveys what it means to be an American — “O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave” — can absolutely believe that.

  • Those squads are often hailed as reason to believe there is another way, but you’re talking about four exceptional teams over three decades.

  • To know that I would be waiting for 450 days or something like that, I wouldn’t believe it one bit, but here we are.

  • People watch night soaps because the genre allows them to believe in a world where people just react off their baser instincts.

  • The death toll, which experts believe has been significantly undercut by secret burials, stands at 7,905.

  • Three quarters of those people believe the end of the world is nigh.

  • I believe in the power of institutions—Congress, public policy, certain ideas about politics—that last for a long time.

  • What they believe impacts economic policy, foreign policy, education policy, environmental policy, you name it.

  • He did believe you, more or less, and what you said fell in with his own impressions—strange impressions that they were, poor man!

  • I believe that these are ideal characters constructed from still more ancient legends and traditions.

  • "I verily believe they're gone to look at my button," cried Davy, beginning to laugh, in spite of his fears.

  • I cannot believe that God would think it necessary to come on earth as a man, and die on the Cross.

  • I cannot believe that a good God would create or tolerate a Devil, nor that he would allow the Devil to tempt man.