【同义词辨析】 相信belief-credit

belief: suggests mental acceptance but may or may not imply certitude in the believer: my ~ that I had caught all the errors.


faith: always suggests certitude even where there is no evidence or proof: an unshakable ~ in God.      (certitude坚信implies a faith strong enough to resist all attack强烈的信念,如believed in his innocence with a fair degree of certitude坚信他是无辜的)   信念强调没有证据证明的情况下的坚信,否则不叫信念而是坚信,可用于对宗教对政治理想或对某个人


credence: suggests intellectual assent without implying anything about the validity of the grounds for assent: a theory given little ~ by scientists.  


credit: implies assent on grounds other than direct proof: give no ~ to idle rumors.     credit card信用卡,其中的credit是表示信誉


belief相信: 表示认为真实,无论是否坚信,faith信念: 永远表示坚信,即使没有证据证明,credence相信、轻信: 表示思想上认同,但可能是缺乏证据的轻信,credit相信、信誉: 也是表示思想上认同,但不是由于直接证据,而是基于信誉声誉(等间接证据)


记忆方法: 1) 首字母BFCC白发苍苍,宁移白首之心<==永远相信    ""会意字,本意是"言语真实",引申为"诚实可靠信用确实",如信用表示"能履行诺言而使对方不怀疑"。这个字在战国时使用频率很高,广泛用于人名和封号,还用于"消息讯息",可能蕴含了对人言诚信的期望。

          2) 相信的意思是认为真实mean an assent to the truth of something offered for acceptance.首字母BFCC白发苍苍,宁移白首之心<==永远相信  assent思想上的同意认同