him.   m$h

o I find that hard to believe.      0

Believe me, she’s not right for you. ffifgflc,

0                  Don’t believe a word of it (= don’t believe any part of

what sb is saying). -     o [V (that)]

People used to believe (that) the earth was flat. AC] ~~fk. iA A it Jl A frA 0 He refused to believe (that) his son was involved in drugs, itk A )S *0 ft M M J L T iA ^ # on o 0

1                  do believe you’re right (= I think sth is true, even though it is surprising).

►                  THINK POSSIBLE if A f] 7 lit 2 to think that sth is true

or possible, although you are not completely certain IE ( ^        ^ M; iAA ^f Rlt&: [V (that)] Police believe

(that) the man may be armed. IfAiAASPTAT'ii^fW g;^0 0 [VN (that)] It is believed that the couple have left the country. $;{g]MA£3 BIS^JFT0 [VN to inf] The vases are believed to be worth over $20 000 each.

0 [V] ‘Where

does she come from?’ ‘Spain, I believe.’ “ftfeJkiPlIA? ” 9E5F A„ ” o ‘Does he still work there?’ ‘I believe so/not:       ” “ffclUi/X

^ 0. ” o [VN-ADJ] Three sailors are missing, believed drowned. WHfvM AUo  o note at

THINK

►                  HAVE OPINION iA A 3 [V (that)] to have the opinion

that sth is right or true 1A^; ^tfp: The party believes (that) education is the most important issue facing the government.          WMAi&JfrffiiltSW

I'nJ^o

►                  BE SURPRISED/ANNOYED Rtf/; tiAS 4 don’t/can’t - sth used to say that you are surprised or annoyed at sth

[V (that)] She couldn’t believe (that) it was all happening again. MM jiCAJAffifi H fC ♦ X fE M M o o [V wh-] I can’t believe how much better I feel.    70

►                  RELIGION A '' 5 [V] to have a religious faith # 7 fk fg

ff[J:    The god appears only to those who believe, fg

fWl believe it or 'not (informal) used to introduce information that is true but that may surprise people fg 7 fg & M :      Believe it or not, he asked me to marry

him! fg 7 ft & # , fife ft 3S >]t          \ believe (you) 'me

(informal) used to emphasize that you strongly believe what you are saying ficfitf^'uE: You haven’t heard the last of this, believe you me! icicl^TiE#^u/f iftSftfr Gfj Mo don’t you believe it! (informal) used to tell sb that sth is definitely not true     ( XWfUfi )

I don’t be'lieve it! (informal) used to say that you are surprised or annoyed about sth (     )

: I don’t believe it! What are you doing here? HcMKA&^ft! ffo£&MTft£,? if you believe that, you’ll believe anything (informal) used to say that you think sb is stupid if they believe that sth is true        &^ft^7ftW make believe

(that ... ) to pretend that sth is true fg sjg — related noun make-believe not believe your ears/'eyes (informal) to be very surprised at sth you hear/see

fgnsiw#: (mm); mm (mm)      /

couldn’t believe my eyes when she walked in. HcfUDT+afg i  o seeing is believing (saying)

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 BUJaLA^;         —J5L would you be'lieve (it)?

(informal) used to show that you are surprised and annoyed about sth (          ) MfMffJ®,:

And, would you believe, he didn’t even apologize! MU., f&&^NI tfc! you/you’d better be'lieve it! (informal) used to tell sb that sth is defin­itely true ^ fA ; f IC# —more at give v. IJ!l:ifi be lieve in sb/sth to feel certain that sb/sth exists ffifg^A ( Do you believe in

God? be'lieve in sb to feel that you

can trust sb and/or that they will be successful fg M; fgfi; fg % A fil:          They need a leader they can

believe in. \fa M ^ ^ -■ - TT M in M W ^ # o o note at trust be lieve in sth to think that sth is good, right or acceptable iAA3A^£f ( skft,       ) :          [+ -ing]

I don’t believe in hitting children. 7 :R J$, JT T <, be'lieve sth of sb to think that sb is capable of sth