faith的多重含義及其同義詞

Faith means to have complete confidence and trust in someone or something. One can have faith in a person, in an object, or in a spirit or God. 

Faith是指完全相信某人或者某事。可以相信一個人，一種物體，一種精神或者是上帝。

Those who believe in God have faith in him, even though they have not and cannot see him.

那些相信上帝的人對上帝有一種信仰，即使他們沒有也不能看到上帝。

I will always have faith that my mom will be there for me no matter what.

無論發生什麼，我都相信媽媽會一直在我身邊。

Here are some synonyms for this definition of faith.

Faith作爲這種含義，這裏有一些它的同義詞。

1. Trust

信任

Trust is the firm belief in the reliability, truthfulness, and certainty in someone or something. Trust can be in a person, religious figure, or an object.

Trust是指對某人某事的可靠性，真實性和確定性的堅定信念。可以信任一個人，一個宗教人物或者是一個物體。

He knew that the most important thing in any relationship is trust.

他知道在任何關係中最重要的就是信任。

2. Confidence

信任

Confidence is to believe that one can trust and rely on someone or something.

Confidence指某人或者某物是可以被相信和依賴的。

It was clear that the boys on the team had a lot of confidence in their coach and their teammates.

很明顯，隊員們對他們的教練和隊友有很大的信心。

How much confidence do you have that we can get the project done on time?

按時完成任務，你有多大把握？

3. Conviction

相信

Conviction can be a firmly help belief or opinion. When someone has conviction they are not afraid to say what they believe in and they are fully committed to that belief.

Conviction可以指堅定的信念或者觀點。當一個人確信他不害怕說出這種信仰，他們纔是完全的忠於這種信仰。

I like being a part of a company that has a lot of conviction in their mission.

我希望成爲公司裏這樣的一個成員，在完成任務的過程中大家都能夠相信我。

They don’t seem to have very much conviction in what they are saying.

他們似乎不太相信他們所說的話。

4. Optimism

樂觀

Optimism refers to having hope and confidence about the future or that something positive will happen. Optimism is the ultimate positive belief.

Optimism只對未來抱有希望或者信心，相信美好的事物會發生。樂觀是最終的積極信念。

I am incredibly optimistic about the future of our community.

我對我們社區的未來非常樂觀。

While having optimism is great, having too much of it may cause you to believe in things that are unlikely to happen.

雖然樂觀是好事，但是過多的樂觀會讓你相信不太可能發生的事情。

Faith has a second definition. It can also refer to a strong belief in God or religious doctrine. This belief is based on spiritual understanding and not proof. Faith can be used to describe a strong belief in any religion or spiritual belief.

Faith是有第二層含義的。它可以指對上帝或者宗教教義的強烈信仰。這種信仰基於精神理解而非事實基礎。Faith可以用來描述對任何宗教或者精神的信仰。

She had faith that God was guiding her life.

她相信上帝在引導她的生活。

Just because he doesn’t strictly follow the religious text doesn’t mean he lacks faith.

不嚴格遵守宗教文本並不意味着他缺乏信仰。

Here are some synonyms for this definition of faith.

以下是faith作爲此層含義的同義詞。

5. Religion

宗教信仰

Religion refers to the belief and worship of a superhuman controlling force. Religion often refers to the organized worship of a God.

Religion是指對人類所不能及的信仰和控制力的崇拜。Religion也指有組織的敬拜上帝。

There are many different religions that are practiced around the world.

世界上有許多不同的宗教。

6. Sect

宗派

Sect refers to a group or organization that has a set of religious beliefs that are somewhat different than those of the larger religious group that they belong to. Some of the beliefs of a sect are usually at odds with what the larger group believes. These differences may be a belief in different texts or rituals.

Sect指有一套宗教信仰的團體或者組織，這種宗教信仰又與他們所屬的較大的宗教團體有所不同。某一教派的信仰通常與較大教派的信仰不一致，這種不一致常常體現在文本或者儀式上。

Every faith has different sects in it, ours is no exception.

每一種信仰都有不同的教派，我們的也不例外。

7. Denomination

名稱，教派

Denomination has many definitions, as a synonym to faith it is a group or branch of any religion. It is often used to describe different groups within the Christian faith.

Denomination有許多含義，作爲faith的同義詞，它表示宗教的一個分支。它通常被用來描述基督教信仰中的不同羣體。

Which denomination is this church?

這座教堂是哪一個教派的？

8. Ideology

意識形態，觀念學

Ideology refers to a system of ideas and ideals that usually forms the foundation of an economic or political policy. Political parties have a certain ideology or system of ideas on how then think things should be done.

Ideology指思想或者一種思想體系，是經濟或者是政治政策的基礎。

The group is splitting apart because there are too many different ideologies.

太多不同的意識形態使這個組織分裂。

9. Creed

信條，教義

Creed refers to a system of religious beliefs or faith. This can be used to refer to any religion, and is often associated with the Christian religion. It can also refer to a set of beliefs whose goal is to guide how someone lives their life.

Creed指宗教信仰或者宗教信仰體系。這個詞可以用來指任何宗教，但是通常用來指基督教。這個詞也可以指一系列的信念，他的目標是指導人們如何生活。

We often disagree because we believe in different political creeds.

我們的意見常常有分歧是因爲我們的政治信條有所不同。