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忠诚,诚实,正确
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Faithful \Faith"ful\, a.
1. Full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe,
especially in the declarations and promises of God.
You are not faithful, sir. --B. Jonson.
2. Firm in adherence to promises, oaths, contracts, treaties,
or other engagements.
The faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy
with them that love him. --Deut. vii.
9.
3. True and constant in affection or allegiance to a person
to whom one is bound by a vow, be ties of love, gratitude,
or honor, as to a husband, a prince, a friend; firm in the
observance of duty; loyal; of true fidelity; as, a
faithful husband or servant.
So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found, Among
the faithless, faithful only he. --Milton.
4. Worthy of confidence and belief; conformable to truth ot
fact; exact; accurate; as, a faithful narrative or
representation.
It is a faithful saying. --2 Tim. ii.
11.
{The Faithful}, the adherents of any system of religious
belief; esp. used as an epithet of the followers of
Mohammed.
Syn: Trusty; honest; upright; sincere; veracious;
trustworthy. -- {Faith"ful*ly}, adv. -{Faith"ful*ness},
n.
资料来源 : WordNet®
faithfulness
n : the quality of being faithful [syn: {fidelity}] [ant: {infidelity},
{infidelity}]