trustee

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reduce competition, control prices, etc.     ( A$cA

) : anti-trust

laws  IT»IWI in sb’s trust | in the trust of sb

being taken care of by sb     ( §ScM1f ) : The

family pet was left in the trust of a neighbour. uL'M.tfJ'M take sth on 'trust to believe what sb says even though you do not have any proof or evidence to show that it is true njfff; gfg;

mverb 1 to have confidence in sb; to believe that sb is good, sincere, honest, etc. ftfr; ft®; ffifg ( ^Alft# |§_  ) : [VN] She trusts Alan implicitly.

il0 [VN to inf] You can trust me not to tell anyone. fft om ffifi $ 7#tef7A$o 2 [VN] to believe that sth is true or correct or that you can rely on it +@fj§; iA A nJ1$: He trusted her judgement, iffc+gfjtMfft^iJIfrAo 0 Don’t trust what the newspapers say!         jft£ft±(ftii?f!

3 [V (that)] (formal) to hope and expect that sth is true $g;    ; $3M: I trust (that) you have no objections to

our proposals ? fc & 7 B. Xtf ?<c H (ft It DE ? IM not trust sb an 'inch to not trust sb at all trust 'you, him, her, etc. (to do sth) (informal) used when sb does or says sth that you think is typical of them ( iAA»AWf7-Milfcm£ )  $HI: Trust

John to forget Sue’s birthday!   A 0

7 > — more at tried IJfiATI 'trust in sb/sth (formal) to have confidence in sb/sth; to believe that sb/sth is good and can be relied on #} fit; fg ii ; fs H : She needs to trust more in her own abilities. Mwrfc jOnffiftf ^ £ (ft ft A o 'trust to sth [no passive] to put your confi­dence in sth such as luck, chance, etc. because there is nothing else to help you flSclBl (     ) :

I stumbled along in the dark, trusting to luck to find the right door,

H„ trust sb with sth/sb to give sth/sb to a person to take care of because you believe they would be very careful with it/them     ;

I’d trust her with my life. Mill^lA#7t^#lftAo

trustee /trA’sti:/ noun 1 a person or an organization that has control of money or property that has been put into a trust for sb ( MT* W ) lftA2a member of a group of people that controls the financial affairs of a charity or other organization (

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trustee-ship /trA'stiiJ’ip/ noun [U, C] 1 the job of being a trustee AIR# 2 the responsibility for governing a particular region, given to a country by the United Nations Organization; a region that is governed by another country in this way   Hi?

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'trust fund noun money that is controlled for sb by an organization or a group of people

trust ing /'trAStirj/ adj. tending to believe that other people are good, honest; etc. $£-|j|(ft; ^JSfgMiAOA If you’re too trusting, other people will take advantage of yoiL-iamjmttm s^adc^t^w±^0 trust- ing-ly adv.

'trust territory noun a region governed by the United Nations Organization or by another country that has been chosen by the United Nations Organization (

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trust-worthy /'trAstw3:9i; NAmE -w3irSi/ adj. that you can rely on to be good, honest, sincere, etc.

(ft ; 7fif M£ft; hf Jg (ft H771 reliable trust-worthi­ness noun [U]

trusty /'trAsti/ adj., noun

                  adj. [only before noun] (old use or humorous) that you have had a long time and have always been able to rely on

( -fcJHBJt* ) "Nsfilft, pTfitfilft; &&W EEEIreli­able : a trusty friend j& ^ (ft If] A 0 She spent years touring Europe with her trusty old camera.

                  noun (pi. -ies) (informal) a prisoner who is given special advantages because of good behaviour ifaH® ( A7

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truth 0-w /tru:9/ noun (pi. truths /truiQz/)

1 the truth [sing.] the true facts about sth, rather than the things that have been invented or guessed Jtf ;

If; ^ 35; K ^ 'If R: Do you think she’s telling the truth? 0 We are determined to get

at (= discover) the truth. IS f|] fk. A' It lb M „ 0 The truth (of the matter) is we can’t afford to keep all the staff on.      o

I don’t think you are telling me the whole truth about what happened. HciA ift^fflJt+g^iff

o 2 [U] the quality or state of being based on fact Jf 35; 3D 3514: There is no truth in the rumours.

M      O There is not a grain of truth in what she

says.       023 falsity 3 [c] a fact

that is believed by most people to be true jt£ M : universal truths IliltlLjjg 0 She was forced to face up to a few unwelcome truths about her family.

—see also half-truth, home truth —compare untruth(I) IT7T77I if (the) .truth be 'known/'told used to tell sb the true facts about a situ­ation, especially when these are not known by other people (     , iftJtlft, £35 in

truth (formal) used to emphasize the true facts about a situation (        ) (ft$j, ^3£±: She laughed

and chatted but was, in truth, not having much fun. M

.nothing

could be .further from the truth used to say that a fact or comment is completely false A$t#£t; txfJM to tell (you) the 'truth (informal) used when admitting sth ( 7iA77 ) i£35i£, £35ift: To tell you the truth, I’ll be glad to get home.     , tu®

.truth is stranger than fiction (saying) used to say that things that actually happen are often more surprising than stories that are invented JJft

(the) .truth will ‘out (saying) used to say that people will find out the true facts about a situation even if you try to keep them secret        A

7;     A; & ft     —more at bend v.,

economical, moment

'truth drug noun a drug that is believed to be able to put sb into a state where they will answer questions with the truth       ±JL S

truth ful /'trurBfl/ adj. 1 ~ (about sth) (of a person A) saying only what is true M % ; i# M ik ; ffi $ H771 honest : They were less than truthful about their part in the crime. fMM g

7 ^5'lf o 0 Are you being completely truthful with me?

? 2 (of a statement (7j£) giving the true facts about sth M ^ W : a truthful

answer ±0 M (ft ® EH3 untruthful truth-ful-ly /-fali/ adv.: She answered all their questions truthfully.

M1lftM7m truth-ful-ness noun [U]

try CHr /trai/ verb, noun

m verb (tries, try-ing, tried, tried) 1 to make an attempt or effort to do or get sth i^ g]; jg H;      ^ A : [V]

                  don’t know if I can come but I’ll try. 7 AfUI ®

0 [V to inf] What are you trying to do?     A ? o I tried hard not to laugh.

o [VN to inf] She tried her best to solve the problem.      jlAjfe 5? JjM        JS 0 0 [VN] Just

try your hardest, if A M A pB 0        In spoken

English try can be used with and plus another verb, instead of with to and the infinitive: I’ll try and get you a new one tomorrow. 0 Try and finish quickly. In this structure, only the form try can be used, not tries, trying or tried. p A, try nj IM ffl and jjp A

to     I’ll try and get you a

new one tomorrow. O Try and finish quickly. /EiA —

A,     try    tries, trying ^ tried0

                  to use, do or test sth in order to see if it is good, suit­able, etc. i^f]; i^fift; i^^: [VN] Have you tried this new coffee? It’s very good, ifo ^ M & # §r ^ ^ ?

O ‘Would you like to try some raw fish?’ ‘Why not? I’ll try anything once!’      JLQ.M.it ^ ?

“ Bi,  'a^    ^—&) L! ” 0 Have you ever tried

windsurfing?        o Try these shoes for

size—they should fit you. ft jk M ^ fill A A, # % JSZ o 0 She tried the door, but it was locked, jflfe fi 7 jtIPJi H , iiH'fl^o 0 [V -ing] John isn’t here. Try phoning his home number.

Notice the difference between try to do sth and try doing sth : You should try to eat more