词汇 | BELIEF |
释义 | IDIOMSLANG BELIEF believe it or not to choose to believe something or not.Believe it or not, I just got home from work.I'm over fifty years old, believe it or not. buy something to believe someone; to accept something to be a fact. (Informal.)It may be true, but I don't buy it.I just don't buy the idea that you can swim that far. give credence to something to believe something.He tells lies. Don't give credence to what he says.Please don't give credence to Mary. She doesn't know what she's talking about. given to understand made to believe.They were given to understand that there would be no tax increase, but after the election taxes went up.She was given to understand that she had to be home by midnight. lap something up to believe something, especially something untrue. (Informal.)Did she believe it? She just lapped it up.I can't imagine why she lapped up that ridiculous story. lead someone to believe something to imply something to someone; to cause someone to believe something untrue, without lying.But you led me to believe that this watch was guaranteed!Did you lead her to believe that she was hired as a clerk? seeing is believing one must believe something that one sees.I never would have thought that a cow could swim, but seeing is believing.I can hardly believe we are in Paris, but there's the Eiffel Tower, and seeing is believing. take one at one's word to believe what someone says and act accordingly.She told me to go jump in the lake, and I took her at her word.You shouldn't take her at her word. She frequently says things she doesn't really mean. take something on faith to accept or believe something on the basis of little or no evidence.Please try to believe what I'm telling you. Just take it on faith.Surely you can't expect me to take a story like that on faith. BELIEF - GULLIBILITY swallow something, hook, line, and sinker to believe something completely. (Slang. These terms refer to fishing and fooling a fish into being caught. Fixed order.)I made up a story about why I was so late. The boss swallowed it, hook, line, and sinker.I feel like a fool. I swallowed it, hook, line, and sinker. |
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