迷你对话学地道口语第182期:相信信任
日期:2012-10-24 18:27

(单词翻译:单击)

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迷你对话:

A: Do you think people still have faith in the government?

你认为民众还会信任这届政府吗?

B: I don’t think so.

我看不会了。

A: Why is that?

为什么会这样呢?

B: The government will never fulfill their promise.

政府从未履行它的承诺。

A: So it is no wonder people cannot keep faith with it.

所以人们无法再相信政府也没什么大惊小怪的。

地道表达:have faith in

解词释义:此语义是指对某人或某事有信心,相当于trust, believe in。与其意思相反的词语有lose faith in(丧失信心,不予信任)。

拓展讲解:与faith相关的一个短语还有break faith with,意思是“背信,放弃信仰”,其反义词是keep faith with,意思是“拒不背弃”。

支持范例:

Eg. I have faith in you;I am sure you will do well.

我相信你,我肯定你会做好的。

Eg. We must have faith in the masses.

要相信群众。

Eg. There are a lot of difficulties in front of us, yet we still have faith in victory.

虽然我们面临很多的困难,然而我们对胜利仍充满信心。

Eg. I have faith in his ability to succeed.

我相信他有成功的能力。

词海拾贝:

1. fulfill one’s promise:履行诺言

Eg. If you make a promise you should fulfill it.

如果你许诺了, 你就要履行你的诺言。

2. keep faith with:守信,忠于

Eg. Parents should keep faith with their children.

父母应该对他们的孩子说话算数。

Eg. You cannot expect your friends to trust you if you don't keep faith with them.

如果你对朋友不忠实你就不要指望他们会信任你。

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