belief

noun

1. a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

e.g. his impression of her was favorable
what are your feelings about the crisis?
it strengthened my belief in his sincerity
I had a feeling that she was lying

Synonym: impressionfeelingnotionopinion

2. any cognitive content held as true

1. 信心；信念；信仰
Belief is a feeling of certainty that something exists, is true, or is good.

e.g. One billion people throughout the world are Muslims, united by belief in one god.
全世界有10亿穆斯林，共同的一神信仰将他们团结在一起。
e.g. ...a belief in personal liberty.
对个人自由的信仰

2. （对宗教或政治的）信仰，观点，看法
Your religious or political beliefs are your views on religious or political matters.

e.g. He refuses to compete on Sundays because of his religious beliefs.
出于宗教信仰，他拒绝在礼拜天进行比赛。

3. 信念；坚定的看法
If it is your belief that something is the case, it is your strong opinion that it is the case.

belief的近义词

e.g. It is our belief that improvements in health care will lead to a stronger, more prosperous economy.
我们坚信，改善医疗保健会使经济更加繁荣昌盛。

4. 难以置信
You use beyond belief to emphasize that something is true to a very great degree or that it happened to a very great degree.

belief的近义词

e.g. We are devastated, shocked beyond belief...
我们极为震惊，无法相信所发生的一切。
e.g. Her son's skin improved beyond belief.
她儿子的皮肤得到了难以置信的改善。

5. 和人们一般的认识相反；和一般看法相反
You use contrary to popular belief to introduce a statement that is the opposite to what is thought to be true by most ordinary people.

e.g. Contrary to popular belief, there is no evidence that what you look like makes much difference to your life.
和人们一般的看法相反，没有证据表明面相对人生有多大影响。

6. （通常错误地）认为
If you do one thing in the belief that another thing is true or will happen, you do it because you think, usually wrongly, that it is true or will happen.

e.g. Civilians had broken into the building, apparently in the belief that it contained food.
平民百姓闯进了大楼，显然他们误以为里面有食物。