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词组 believe/believe in
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believe/believe in     

【问】 [I remember he said to me that during the composition of his stories he could never quiteget rid of the characters about whom he happened to be writing; that while The Old Cu-riosity Shop was being written,Little Nell followed him about everywhere...] And so webelieve in his characters because he believed in them himself. (Essential English,Book 4,P.75 )

[原译][我记得他对我说过,当他创作故事时,他不能完全摆脱他正在写的人物,当创作《老古玩店》时,小耐儿到处跟随着他……]因此,我们信任他书中的人物,因为他自己信任他们。(中译本)

在狄更斯的书中有正面人物;也有反面人物。对后者我们也能“信任”吗?

【答】 查believe in主要有两个不尽相同的词义。

A.信任,信仰(have faith or trust in),例如:

1. We believe in our government.

我们信任我们的政府。

2. You can believe in him,he'll never let you down.

你可以信任他,他绝不会做对不起你的事。

B. 相信……的存在(to consider the existence of sth. to be a fact),例如:

1. Do you believe in ghosts?

你相信有鬼吗?

2. They no longer believed in the sincerity of his utterances.

他们再也不相信他的讲话的诚实性了。

根据句意和上下文,原文中的believe in显然是指第二个意思。

[试译]……我们相信他书中的人物是真实的,因为他自己相信他们是真实的。

请做下面的英语试题:

Soprano Julia Migenes-Johnson that Latin American background helped interpret the role of the Spanish Carmen in 1984 opera film. (TOEFL, 84)


赵振才 编著.英语常见问题解答大词典.哈尔滨:黑龙江人民出版社.1998.第188页.
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