but although our faith in many of the things in which our forefathers fervently believed has weakened,
可是虽然我们对我们祖先笃信的许多事物已不太相信，
新概念英语第四册 Lesson 28 Patients and doctors

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

faith [feθ] 词频1 词根: 信任
n. 信用，信任;宗教信仰;忠诚;宗教; int. 实在，确实;
💡 fai(trust)+th(名词后缀)→信仰；信心
"The workers thought that the boss acted in bad faith."
工人们认为老板的行为居心不良.
近义：belief, credence, religion, creed, assurance, sureness 反义：misgiving, mistrust, suspicion, suspiciousness, disbelief, doubtfulness
although [ɔl'ðo] 词频1
conj. 尽管;虽然;但是;然而;
"Although he's nearly 80, he is still very active."
尽管快80岁了，他还是十分活跃。
近义：howbeit, if, notwithstanding, though, whereas, yet
fervently [['fə:vəntli]] 词频5
adv. 热烈地, 热情地, 强烈地
近义：heatedly, ardently, jealously, passionately, zealously, cheerfully 反义：leisurely, quietly, restfully, sedately, serenely, silently
forefathers [['fɔ:ˌfa:ðəz]]
n. 祖先; 祖宗（ forefather的名词复数 ）
近义：elders, forebears, ancestors, antecedents 反义：offspring, progeny, scions, sons, succession, brood
things
n. 所有物, 财产, 用具, 用品, 局面, 形势, 情况\\n[法] 物
近义：oddments, stuff, doings, articles, etceteras

📚 更多「新概念英语第四册」例句

We can read of things that happened 5,000 years ago in the Near East,
我们从书籍中可读到5，000 年前近东发生的事情，
Some of the bigger firms are engaged in researches which are of such general and fundamental nature that it is a positive advantage to them not to keep them secret.
某些大公司进行的研究属于一般和基础性的研究。因此不保密对他们才有利。
But, if this world is not merely a bad joke,
如果这个世界不只是一个拙劣的恶作剧，
it cannot judge distances, depths.
不会判断距离和深度。
No necessity of making a living away from home results in neglect of children,
人们没有必要离家谋生，所以不会产生孩子无人管的问题，
if given the chance to live long enough;
即使能让它们活得足够长久的话，