him.那个男人自称是社会福利工作者，老妇人信以为真。
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7月nd t/iat hard to Z>e[ieve.我对此感到难以相信。◊ BeZieve me, she’s
not right/or you.相信我，她不适合你。
〇 Don^ believe a word of
it (= don^ believe any part of what sb is saying)•—点也不要相信那些话。◊ [V (that)] Peopie
used to beZieve (that) the earth was _/7at.人的一凌 认为地球是平的。.◊ He reused to
beiieve fthatj his son w〇5 involved in drugs.他不愿相信他的儿子沾染毒品。◊ I do believe you7re
right (= I think sth is true, even though it is surprising)•我命确相信你是对的。
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THINK POSSIBLE 认为有冇能
2 to think that sth is true or possible, although you
are not completely certain 把（某事）当真；认为有可能：[V (thatj] PoHce beHeve
(that) the man may be armed警方认为那个人可能携有
武器。◊ [VN (that)] ft is
beZfeved that the coupZe have the country.—信‘对夫妇已经离开了这个国佘。◊ [VN to inf| The vases are believed to be worth over $20 000
each. 那些花瓶据估计每个价值都超过2万元。◊[“‘Where does she come介om?’ 'Sjpai’n, J beZieve.’、:“她是哪里人？”
“我想是西班牙人i ” ◊ ‘Does he sriH worfc
there? be!ieveso/not.’ “他还在那里工作吗？
”“我想是/不 是。”
0 [VN-ADJ]
Three sailors are missing, believed drowned有三位命员失踪。相信是淹死了。〇 note at
THINK
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HAVE OPINION 认定 3 [V (that)] to have the opinion
that sth is right or true 认定；看作：77ze party bdieves (that) education is
the most important issue facing t/ie government.该党把教育视为政府面临的最4要的
问题。
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BE SURPRISED/ANNOYED 吃惊；恼怒 4 don，t/can，t 〜sth used to say that you are
surprised or annoyed at sth
(表示对某事吃惊或恼怒）：[V (that)] She couWn’t
bdfeve (that) it was a/i happening _简直无法相信
整件事又在重演。◊ [V wh-] J can’t
bdieve how much better J/ed.真想不到我觉得好多了。
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RELIG丨ON 5
[V] to have a religious faith 有宗教信 仰：77ie god appears oniy to
those who beiieve.信神如 神在。
IT»!CT believe it or 'not (informaf) used to introduce information that is
true but that may surprise people 信不信由你：Believe it or not, he asked me to marry Z^m/信不信由你，他向我求—！ believe
(you) me (informal) used to emphasize that you
strongly believe wiiat you are saying 我敢保证：You haven’t heard the Zost o/this, bdieve you me/我敢保证你没听说过最新的
.消息。don’t you believe itr (/n/omw/) used to tell sb
that sth is definitely not true 不正确.（不可相信0 I don^ be'lieve it! {informaf) used to say that you are
surprised or annoyeci about sth (表示吃惊或不耐烦':) 我iti直无法相信：/ don’t bdieve 如
What
are you doing here?我简直无法相信！你在这里干什么？
if
you believe that, youll believe anything (informal) used to say that you think sb is stupid
if they believe that sth is true你要是连这都相信，还有什么不信的make believe (that.... ) to pretend that sth is true
假装一related noun make-believe
not
believe your ears/'eyes to be very surprised at sth you hear/see'木相 信自己的耳朵（或眼睛）；对所闻（或所见）非常吃惊：J couldrCt believe my
eyes when she walked in.
我简直不相信自己的眼睛。seeing is believing(soy/ng) used to say that
sb will have to believe that sth is true when they see it, although they do not
think it is true now 眼见为实;：.舍闻不如一见 would you be’lieve (it)? {informal) used to show that you are
surprised and annoyed about sth (表示惊讶或气愤）你相信吗： And, would you believe, he didri^ even
apologize! MS., 可气的是，他连个道歉都没有！
y〇u/you’d better be'lieve it!
(informal) used to tell sb that sth is defin- itely true 当
i 没错；千真万确一more at give
v.
be lieve in sb/sth to feel certain that sb/sth
exists相信某人（或事物）的存在：Do you Mieve m God?你相信有上帝吗？
believe in sb to fed that you can trust sb and/or that
they will be successful fg ®; 信任；相信某人会成功：need a〖eader负矽can bdieve in•他们需要一个可以信赖的领导。o note at trust be lieve in sth to think that sth is good,
right or acceptable认为某事好（或对、可接受）：[+ -ing] J don’t
beiieve in hitting chiWren•我不赞成打孩子。
be'lieve sth of sb to think that sb is capable of sth