Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.

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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
briefly ['brifli] 词频2
adv. 短暂地;简单地;简略地;略略;
💡 bri(short)+ef+ly→简短地;短暂地
"He had spoken to Emma only briefly ."
他和埃玛只讲了短短的几句话。
近义:shortly, succinctly, summarily, tersely, momentarily, momently 反义:mainly, mostly, principally, vastly, widely, thoroughly
occurrence [ə'kʌrəns] 词频3 词根: cur
n. 发生,出现;遭遇,事件;
💡 oc反复+curr跑,发生+ence性质,状态 →出现,产生
"The occurrence of the disease is apparently related to standards of hygiene."
这种病的发生率显然与卫生状况相关.
近义:imminence, approach, incident, instance, arrival, occasion
illogical [i'lɔdʒikəl] 词根: il
adj. 不合逻辑的;无意义的;
"She has an illogical fear of insects."
她毫无道理地害怕昆虫。
近义:implausible, inane, inarticulate, incongruous, inconsistent, irrational 反义:intelligent, logic, practical, rational, reasonable, sensible
belief [bɪ'lif] 词频2
n. 信,信任;信念,意见;信条;
💡 病(b)鹅(e)对(d)劣(lie)匪(f)的 信念 网友:tom zxl 补充:be(是)+lie(躺)+f 信念是灵魂所躺之处 信念就是(be)谎言(lie
"I admire his passionate belief in what he is doing."
我佩服他对自己的工作所抱的坚定信心。
近义:idea, judgement, judgment, knowledge, assurance, notion 反义:incredulity, astonishment, misgiving, mistrust, stun, stupefaction
improbable [im'prɔbəbl] 词频5 词根: 证明
adj. 不大可能是真实的,不大可能的;未必确实的;未必会发生的;非概然;
"It seems improbable that the current situation will continue."
当前的局势似乎不大可能继续下去。
近义:imaginary, implausible, unbelievable, uncertain, unlikely, utopical 反义:likely

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