be.lief

belief的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [biˈli:f]
KK音标发音： [bɪˈlif]

belief的词性：
n.（名词）

1. The mental act, condition, or habit of placing trust or confidence in another.
相信，信心：对别人怀有信任或信心的思想活动、状况或习惯

2. Mental acceptance of and conviction in the truth, actuality, or validity of something.
信念：对真理、事实或某物的正确性在思想上接受或深信不疑

3. Something believed or accepted as true, especially a particular tenet or a body of tenets accepted by a group of persons.
信仰，信条：被相信或被接受为真理的东西，尤指为一群人接受的一种特别的宗旨或许多原则

belief的词源：

4. Middle English bileve
中古英语 bileve

5. alteration influenced by bel^tfan, bel?fan [to believe] * see believe
受 bel^tfan的影响, bel?fan [相信] *参见 believe

6. of Old English gel?afa * see leubh-
古英语 gel?afa的变化 *参见 leubh-

belief， credence， credit， faith

7. The central meaning shared by these nouns is “mental acceptance of the truth, actuality, or validity of something”:
这些名词的中心意思是“对真理、事实或某物的正确性在思想上接受”：

a statement unworthy of belief;
不值得相信的言论；

an idea steadily gaining credence;
逐步得到坚信的观念；

testimony meriting credit;
值得相信的证据；

put no faith in a liar's assertions. See also Synonyms at opinion disbelief
不要相信说谎者的断言 参见同义词 opiniondisbelief