believe

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing). transitive
    — If you believe the numbers, you'll agree we need change.
  2. To accept that someone is telling the truth. transitive
    — Why did I ever believe you?
  3. To have been persuaded to accept the factuality of something despite a lack of sufficient evidence therefore.; To have been convinced by rational means to accept the truth of a proposition. transitive
  4. To have been persuaded to accept the factuality of something despite a lack of sufficient evidence therefore.; To have been influenced by arational means (such as emotional experience, the imagination of need, etc.) to accept the truth of a proposition. transitive
  5. To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth. intransitive
    — After that night in the church, I believed.
  6. To opine, think, reckon. transitive
    — Do you think this is good? —Hmm, I believe it's okay.
  7. [with in]; To ascribe existence to.
    — Do you believe in God / the Easter Bunny / ghosts?
  8. [with in]; To believe that (something) is right or desirable.
    — I don't believe in sex before marriage.
  9. [with in]; To have confidence in the ability or power of.
    — I believe in you, man! You can do it!

词形变化

believes present,singular,third-person believing participle,present believed participle,past believed past no-table-tags table-tags glossary inflection-template believe infinitive believe first-person,present,singular believed first-person,past,singular believe present,second-person,singular believest archaic,present,second-person,singular believed past,second-person,singular believedst archaic,past,second-person,singular believes present,singular,third-person believeth archaic,present,singular,third-person believed past,singular,third-person believe plural,present believed past,plural believe present,subjunctive believed past,subjunctive believe imperative,present - imperative,past believing participle,present believed participle,past beleeve alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

反义词
disbelieve doubt mistrust distrust suspect
衍生词
believability believable believe it or not believe me believe one's ears believe one's eyes believe one's own eyes believer believe you me believing is seeing believingly be unable to believe one's eyes disbelieve do you believe in God forebelieve I'll believe it when I see it make believe make-believe misbelieve nonbelieving rebelieve seeing is believing unbelievable unbelieve unbelieved unbeliever would you believe would you believe it you better believe it you'd better believe it
相关词
belief disbelief

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi
Proto-Germanic *bider.
Proto-Germanic *bi-
Proto-West Germanic *bi-
Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *laubō
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Germanic *-janą
Proto-Germanic *laubijaną
Proto-West Germanic *laubijan
Proto-West Germanic *bilaubijan
Old English belīefan
Middle English bileven
English believe
From Middle English beleven, bileven, from Old English belīefan (“to believe”), from Proto-West Germanic *bilaubijan (“to believe”), equivalent to be- + leave (“to give leave or permission to, permit, allow, grant”). Cognate with Scots beleve (“to believe”), Old Frisian bilēva (“to permit”), Middle Dutch beloven (“to believe, entrust”), Middle Low German belö̂ven (“to believe”), Middle High German belouben (“to believe”).
A related term in Old English was ġelīefan (“to be dear to; believe, trust”), from Proto-West Germanic *galaubijan (“to have faith, believe”), from Proto-Germanic *galaubijaną. Compare also Old English ġelēafa (“belief, faith, confidence, trust”), Old English lēof ("dear, valued, beloved, pleasant, agreeable" > English lief). Related also to North Frisian leauwjen (“to believe”), Saterland Frisian leeuwe (“to believe”), West Frisian leauwe (“to believe”), Dutch geloven (“to believe”), German Low German glöven (“to believe”), German glauben (“to believe”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 (galaubjan, “to hold dear, valuable, or satisfactory, approve of, believe”).
The prepositionally transitive senses with in are a semantic loan from Latin crēdō in aliquem / aliquid.
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