| 词组 | believe |
| 释义 | believe /bəˈliːv, bɪˈliːv/ verb 1. to be sure that something is true or that someone is telling the truthadverbsstrongly/firmly believe I strongly believe that all children deserve a good education.passionately/fervently believe (=be extremely sure) She passionately believes that what she is doing is important.genuinely/honestly/sincerely believe Do you honestly believe it was an accident?wrongly/mistakenly believe Many people wrongly believe that the disease can be caused by eating too much sugar.it is generally/widely believed that (=most or many people believe that) It is generally believed that stress can affect the heart.phrases(I) don’t believe a word of it (=used to say strongly that you do not believe something) He says he’ll have the money ready for me tomorrow, but I don’t believe a word of it.THESAURUS: believe acceptexplanation | story | version of events | to believe that something is true, especially because someone has persuaded you to believe it: His wife accepted his explanation for why he was late. | I don't accept their story. | Leah had slowly come to accept her brother’s version of events. take sb’s word for it especially spoken to believe what someone says is true, even though you have no proof or experience of it: I don’t know anything about him, so I’ll just have to take your word for it. | You don’t have to take my word for it – go and see for yourself. | “Cakes are very easy to make.” “I’ll take your word for it.” give sb the benefit of the doubt to believe what someone says, even though you think it might not be true: Unless you have proof, you should give him the benefit of the doubt.to believe something that is untrue be taken in also fall for sth informalstory | excuse | claim to be tricked into believing something that is not true: I can’t believe she fell for that old excuse! | A lot of people were taken in by these claims. swallow informalstory | explanation | lies to believe a story or explanation that is not true, especially when this makes you seem silly: His aunt had swallowed his story unquestioningly.2. to believe that someone or something existsprepositionsbelieve in God He started to pray, even though he did not believe in God.believe in miracles/ghosts etc Hearing that she was alive was almost enough to make me believe in miracles. |
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