faith.less
adj.(形容词)Not true to duty or obligation; disloyal.背信的:不履行责任或义务的;不忠实的Having no religious faith.无宗教信仰的Unworthy of faith or trust; unreliable.靠不住的:不值得信赖或信任的;不可靠的
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faith.lessly
adv.(副词)faith.lessness
n.(名词)<参考词汇><同义词>faithless,unfaithful,false,disloyal,traitorous,treacherous,perfidious,recreant同义词>These adjectives mean not true to duty or obligation.这些形容词都表示对责任或义务不忠诚。 Faithless andunfaithful are approximately interchangeable and imply failure to adhere to promises, obligations, or allegiances: Faithless 和unfaithful 基本可以互换,都含有对誓言、义务或联盟的失信: 例句:has never been faithless to her ideals;从未失去她的信念;
例句:an unfaithful spouse.不忠的配偶。
False emphasizes a tendency to be faithless or deceitful: False 强调具有虚情假意的倾向: 例句:a false friend.背信弃义的朋友。
例句:.To thine own self be true,/And it must follow, as the night the day,/Thou canst not then be false to any man. (Shakespeare).One who isdisloyal is false to persons or things that are due allegiance: .对你自己忠实,/并长久坚持,/你将不会对别人虚情假意. (莎士比亚)。Disloyal 的人对人或事业缺乏忠心和忠诚:
例句:Disloyal staff members exposed the senator`s indiscretions to the press.不忠实的工作人员把参议员们不慎重的行为暴露给新闻刊物。
Traitorous most commonly refers to disloyalty to a government or nation: Traitorous 通常指对国家或民族的不忠: 例句:a lying, traitorous insurrectionist.一个撒谎的反叛分子。
Treacherous suggests a propensity for betraying trust or faith: Treacherous 表示任何倾向于背信弃义的事: 例句:.She gave the treacherous impulse time to subside. (Henry James)..她一时冲动想退却. (亨利·詹姆斯)。
Perfidious applies to what is abominably treacherous; it suggests vileness of behavior and often deceitfulness: Perfidious 含有生来卑鄙,不能对人忠诚的意思: 例句:the victim of a perfidious murder.一次卑鄙谋杀的受害者。
Recreant implies a reprehensible, often cowardly disloyalty: Recreant 含有应受责难的,通常胆小而不忠实的: 例句:.while [Holland`s] sister provinces had proved recreant to [William of Orange] . (John Lothrop Motley). .然而[荷兰] 姐妹省区已证明了对 [威廉三世] 的背叛. (约翰·洛思罗普·莫特利)
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