believe
v. 相信,信任; 認為,猜想; 有宗教信仰
If you believe that something is true, you think that it is true, but you are not sure.
Experts believe that the coming drought will be extensive...
專家們認為即將發生的旱災將侵襲大片地區。
I believe you have something of mine...
我想你拿了我什麼東西。
If you believe someone or if you believe what they say or write, you accept that they are telling the truth.
He did not sound as if he believed her...
他聽起來似乎並不相信她。
Never believe anything a married man says about his wife...
永遠不要相信一個已婚男人說的任何有關他妻子的話。
If you believe in fairies, ghosts, or miracles, you are sure that they exist or happen. If you believe in a god, you are sure of the existence of that god.
I don't believe in ghosts...
我不相信有鬼。
Do you believe in magic?
你相信魔法真的存在嗎?
If you believe in a way of life or an idea, you are in favour of it because you think it is good or right.
He believed in marital fidelity.
他認為婚內應該忠誠。
...decent candidates who believed in democracy.
信奉民主政治的正派候選人
If you believe in someone or what they are doing, you have confidence in them and think that they will be successful.
If you believe in yourself you can succeed.
只要自信,就能成功。
Believe is used in expressions such as I can't believe how or it's hard to believe that in order to express surprise, for example because something bad has happened or something very difficult has been achieved.
Many officers I spoke to found it hard to believe what was happening around them...
很多和我談過的官員都覺得發生在他們周圍的事情令人難以置信。
I was a physical and emotional wreck — I still can't believe how I ever got any work done.
我那時身心俱疲——現在還難以相信我是怎麼把一些事情做成的。
If you say that you cannot believe your eyes or cannot believe your ears, you are emphasizing that you are very surprised about something you have seen or heard.
I could not believe my eyes. She was far more beautiful than I had imagined.
我簡直不敢相信自己的眼睛。她比我想象的漂亮多了。
You can use believe it or not to emphasize that what you have just said is surprising.
That's normal, believe it or not.
那很正常,信不信由你。
If you say would you believe it, you are emphasizing your surprise about something.
And would you believe it, he's younger than me!
你信嗎?他比我年輕!
You can use believe you me to emphasize that what you are saying is true.
It's absolutely amazing, believe you me.
這太不可思議了,真的。
1. accept as true; take to be true;
2. judge or regard; look upon; judge;
3. be confident about something;
4. follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer;
5. credit with veracity;
believe, trust, confide, rely
這些動詞均含有"相信,信任"之意。
consider, think, believe, count, deem, reckon, regard
這些動詞均含有"認為"之意。
believe it or not
信不信由你(表示說的話令人吃驚)
believe me (或 believe you me)
(請你)相信我的話(強調話語的真實性)
be unable to (或 be hardly able to) believe
無法相信,簡直不敢相信(表示對某事感到驚奇)
be unable to (或 be hardly able to) believe one's e
無法(或簡直不敢)相信自己的眼睛(或耳朵)(表示對所見或所聞感到驚訝)
don't you believe it!
別相信這話!
would you believe (it?)
你會相信嗎?(對所說之事表示驚訝)
believe in
相信(…的真實性);相信(…的存在);信仰
認為(某事)是正確的(或合適的、必要的)
I can't believe that the famous singer has become a nun.
我無法相信那個著名的歌星已做了修女.
We are not such fools as to believe him.
我們不是那樣的蠢人,竟會相信他.
I'm not quite so innocent as to believe that.
我還不至於簡單到相信那種事的地步.
Meteorologist believe this pressure jump is the mechanism responsible for storm and tornado.
氣象學家認為這一氣壓的突然升高是暴風雨和颶風形成的物理機制.
I used to believe my mother had magical powers.
我以前一直相信我母親有奇妙的魔力.