faithful
英 ['fe?θf(wàn)?l; -f(?)l]
美['feθf(wàn)?l]
- adj. 忠實(shí)的，忠誠(chéng)的；如實(shí)的；準(zhǔn)確可靠的
- n. (Faithful)人名；(英)費(fèi)思富爾
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詞態(tài)變化
名詞:?faithfulness;
英文詞源
- faithful (adj.)
- early 14c., "sincerely religious, devout, pious," especially in reference to Christian practice; mid-14c., "loyal (to a lord, friend, spouse, etc.); true; honest, trustworthy," from faith + -ful. From late 14c. in reference to a tale, a report, etc., "accurate, reliable, true to the facts." The noun sense of "true believer, one who is full of faith" is from late 14c. (Church Latin used fideles in same sense). Related: Faithfully; faithfulness. Old Faithful geyser named 1870 by explorer Gen. Henry Dana Washburn (1832-1871), surveyor-general of the Montana Territory, in reference to the regularity of its outbursts.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. She insisted that she had remained faithful to her husband.
- 她堅(jiān)持說(shuō)自己對(duì)丈夫一直是忠誠(chéng)的。
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- 2. The Bishop directed the faithful to stay at home.
- 主教要求信徒們呆在家中。
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- 3. Colin Welland's screenplay is faithful to the novel.
- 科林·韋蘭的電影劇本忠實(shí)于原小說(shuō)。
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- 4. The faithful revered him then as a prophet.
- 那時(shí)，信徒們尊他為先知。
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- 5. Be ye faithful unto the end.
- 汝等應(yīng)至 不渝。
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