【believe音标】 英[bɪˈli:v] 美[bɪˈli:v]
【单词释义】 believe是什么意思：
v.信任；料想；笃信宗教
vt.相信；以为，认为；对…信以为真；信任
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[第三人称单数] believes
[单词现在分词] believing
[单词过去式] believed
[单词过去分词] believed
【关联词/派生词】
belief n.信任；信心、信念
disbelieve v. 不信；怀疑
disbelief n. [U] 不信；怀疑
belie vt.歪曲真相，掩饰；给人以假象
believer n. 信徒；相信……者
【believe形近词/近似词】
disbelieve v. 不信；怀疑
unbelievable adj.难以置信的
unbelievably adv. 难以置信地；不可信地
relieve vt.解除；减轻；缓解；解围，解救
belief n.信任；信心、信念
belie vt.歪曲真相，掩饰；给人以假象
disbelief n. [U] 不信；怀疑
relief n. 救济；减轻，解除；安慰
relieved adj.放心的；宽慰的 v.解除；减轻；缓解；解围，解救(relieve的过去分词)
【近义词解析】
◇ 认为，考虑
believe (v. 认为，相信)：通常指依据一定的证据，经思考后认为属实，强调不完全肯定，多为主观上的猜测，不用进行时。
consider (v. 考虑，认为)：指在作出选择、决定等之前细想，也指经过仔细考虑、观察后而得出比较客观的看法。
feel (v. 认为，以为)：尤指根据感觉而不是事实来作出判断。 I felt that she was still very weak
think (v. 认为，考虑)：普通用词，不如 believe 正式，指细想或思考，也指按自己的思考提出看法、作出判断或得出结论，多用于个人喜好或生活中的实际情况。
【单词例句】
◇ He couldn't believe it, so the maiden opened a jewel case containing the fig leaf, the frog skin, and four snail shells.
看见王子半信半疑，姑娘就打开一个珍宝盒，只见里面放着无花果的树叶，一张青蛙的皮和四个蜗牛壳。
---- The Prince Who Married a Frog
◇ The old mother was terribly frightened when she received this letter. She could not believe it, and wrote to the king again, but she got back the same answer, because each time the devil substituted a false letter.
国王的母亲见信后大惊失色，简直不敢相信。因此又写了一封信给国王，可是没有回音。因为恶魔每次都把信换了。
---- The Girl without Hands (II)
◇ However, this ate at the girl's conscience every day, and she came to believe that she would have to redeem her brothers.
但小姑娘仍然为此吃不下饭，睡不好觉，天天伤痛不已，她暗下决心，一定要想方设法把自己的七个哥哥找回来。
---- The Seven Ravens
◇ So he put his paw inside the window, and when they saw that it was white, they believed that everything he said was true, and they opened the door.
狼把爪子伸进窗户，小山羊们看到爪子是白的，便相信它说的是真话，打开了屋门。
---- The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids
◇ The two of them silhouetted against the window light at the end of the long hall. My father leaning over my mother's,pressed forehead to forehead. The word“Surgery”on the doors behind them forming a caption for the picture they made. Hands clasped together as if believing they held each other's hearts. As longingly as the first time they had reached for each other,as desperately as two lovers being forced apart.
二人的身影好像一幅剪影投射在长廊上，身后“手术室”三个字构成了这一画面的字幕。父亲俯在母亲所躺的病床边，彼此额头紧贴，紧握着对方的手仿佛紧握着对方的心，恰似他们当年那样渴望得到对方，又如同一对恋人被强行拆散时那样地绝望。
---- To Love Enough
◇ Past perception wasn't all bad. The union between marriage and the now-standard ring placement can be traced back to second-century Egyptians who falsely believed that "a certain most delicate nerve" began in the fourth left finger and stretched directly to the heart, according to the Greek scholar Appian.
古人也不全都认为左手不好。婚姻和左手无名指的关联可以追溯到2世纪的埃及。希腊学者阿皮安解释说，当时埃及人误以为“某个最脆弱的神经”从左手第四指开始，一直延伸到心脏。
---- Why are wedding rings worn on the left hand?
◇ It's believed that this cycle helps round out your sense of smell. As Matt Soniak reports for MentalFloss, some smells are better picked up by fast moving air through your nose, while others take more time and are detected better with slow-moving air.
据称，这种循环有助于丰富人们的嗅觉。据MentalFloss网站的马特-索尼亚克报道说，某些气味能更好地被鼻孔中快速气流捕捉到，而其它气味需要更多时间被慢速气流捕捉到。
---- Only One Side of Your Nose Gets Blocked at a Time
◇ Dr Ehrlich believes sleeping on your side is one of the better positions you can fall asleep in.
欧立希博士认为，侧卧是比较好的睡姿之一。
---- The Best Positions in Bed Revealed
◇ 1. Based on your understanding of this role, which of your skills do you believe will be most valuable to our organization?
（1）基于你对这个职位的理解，你认为自己哪方面的技能对我们公司最有价值？
---- Five most common questions asked at a job interview
◇ 'Breakfast is believed to be an important meal of the day, whereas there has been an increasing prevalence of skipping breakfast over the past 50 years in the United States, with as many as 23.8 percent of young people skipping breakfast every day,' the authors write.
“人们认为早餐是一天中的重要一餐，而在美国，过去50年间，不吃早餐的现象越来越普遍，多达23.8%的年轻人每天都不吃早餐，”报告的作者们写道。
---- Skipping breakfast could raise risk of heart disease by 87%