3325英语网 单词
faithful的意思
faithful
英 ['feɪθfʊl; -f(ə)l]
美 ['feθfəl]
- adj. 忠实的，忠诚的；如实的；准确可靠的
- n. (Faithful)人名；(英)费思富尔
英文词源
- faithful (adj.)
- early 14c., "sincerely religious, devout, pious," especially in reference to Christian practice; mid-14c., "loyal (to a lord, friend, spouse, etc.); true; honest, trustworthy," from faith + -ful. From late 14c. in reference to a tale, a report, etc., "accurate, reliable, true to the facts." The noun sense of "true believer, one who is full of faith" is from late 14c. (Church Latin used fideles in same sense). Related: Faithfully; faithfulness. Old Faithful geyser named 1870 by explorer Gen. Henry Dana Washburn (1832-1871), surveyor-general of the Montana Territory, in reference to the regularity of its outbursts.
双语例句
- 1. She insisted that she had remained faithful to her husband.
- 她坚持说自己对丈夫一直是忠诚的。
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- 2. The Bishop directed the faithful to stay at home.
- 主教要求信徒们呆在家中。
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- 3. Colin Welland's screenplay is faithful to the novel.
- 科林·韦兰的电影剧本忠实于原小说。
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- 4. The faithful revered him then as a prophet.
- 那时，信徒们尊他为先知。
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- 5. Be ye faithful unto the end.
- 汝等应至死不渝。
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