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: 在没有证据证明的情况下坚信，强烈褒义，credence相信轻信: 表示缺乏任何依据，含贬义，credit相信声誉: 表示缺乏直接依据(但有间接依据，如信誉)


记忆方法: 1) 首字母BFCC想成常常防备<==不相信    "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 to assent to the truth of something offered for acceptance.首字母BFCC想成常常防备<==不相信   （assent同意赞同认同）