Faithful
['feɪθfʊl;-f(ə)l] or ['feθfəl]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) any loyal and steadfast following.
(adj.) steadfast in affection or allegiance; 'years of faithful service'; 'faithful employees'; 'we do not doubt that England has a faithful patriot in the Lord Chancellor' .
(adj.) not having sexual relations with anyone except your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend; 'he remained faithful to his wife' .
手打:玛里琳--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe, especially in the declarations and promises of God.
(a.) Firm in adherence to promises, oaths, contracts, treaties, or other engagements.
(a.) True and constant in affection or allegiance to a person to whom one is bound by a vow, be ties of love, gratitude, or honor, as to a husband, a prince, a friend; firm in the observance of duty; loyal; of true fidelity; as, a faithful husband or servant.
(a.) Worthy of confidence and belief; conformable to truth ot fact; exact; accurate; as, a faithful narrative or representation.
編輯:帕特里克
同義詞及近義詞:
a. [1]. Trustworthy, trusty, true, constant, loyal.[2]. Truthful, RELIABLE, worthy of credit, worthy of belief, to be relied on, to be depended upon.[3]. Exact, strict, conscientious, accurate, close, nice.
埃塞雷德編輯
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:true, firm, attached, loyal, accurate, close, consistent, correspondent, exact,equivalent, staunch, incorruptible
ANT:false, fickle, capricious, wavering, inaccurate, untrue, faithless, inexact
手打:罗莎琳德
例句/造句/用法:
- I would never have treated Miss Crawley's faithful friends as that odious designing Mrs. Bute has done. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Jaelthe stern woman; sat apart, relenting somewhat over her captive; but more prone to dwell on the faithful expectation of Heber coming home. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Of course, I lied: it was, in fact, a very faithful representation of Mr. Rochester. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- I will be your faithful steward, I said; I trust at your coming the account will be ready. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- You'll be sick of me I'll be so faithful. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- And will you tell them all that I have thought of them every day, and that my heart is faithful to them everywhere? 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Of all that mighty host, none but the two faithful spies ever lived to set their feet in the Promised Land. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- The features are given to man as the means by which he shall express his emotions, and yours are faithful servants. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Stone Lodge was situated on a moor within a mile or two of a great town—called Coketown in the present faithful guide-book. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- I think I find all women faithful, Lucy. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- We must not swing across from the repudiation of the extravagant pretensions of the faithful to an equally extravagant condemnation. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Poetical, expansive, faithful. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Deep, downright, faithful earnestness. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- We were soon joined by my own faithful Frederick's brother, the honourable George Lamb, to whom I was presented by Livius. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Medina and Mecca were now only of importance as pilgrimage centres, to which the faithful turned to pray. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
錄入:内德