英漢辭典

1. vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)
   1. 相信(…是真的),信任,對…有信心

   I believe you.

   我相信你(的話)

   I believe him to be honest. =I believe that he is honest.

   我相信他是誠實的

   believe one's ears [eyes]

   相信所聽[見]到的情況

   I can't believe it!

   我簡直無法相信,像是在做夢

   We soon believe what we desire.

   【諺】 人很容易相信心裡渴望的東西一定會實現.



2. vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)
   1. 相信,信賴

   I believe in you.

   我相信你,我對你有信心

3. 2. 相信存在

4. 3. 相信…是有益的

   I believe in early rising [marrying young].

   我相信早起[早婚]有益處.

5. 4. 信仰

柯林斯英英辭典

vt. (transitive verb)

1. [tr; may take a clause as object] to accept (a statement, supposition, or opinion) as true

I believe God exists

2. [tr] to accept the statement or opinion of (a person) as true

3. [tr; foll by of; used with can, could, would, etc] to think that someone is able to do (a particular action)

I wouldn't have believed it of him

4. [Etymology] Old English beliefan

vi. (intransitive verb)

1. [intr; foll by in] to be convinced of the truth or existence (of)

to believe in fairies

2. [intr] to have religious faith

3. [when tr, takes a clause as object] to think, assume, or suppose

I believe that he has left already