单词乎

faithless

音标['feiθlis]

汉语翻译

a. 无信的, 不忠实的

词型变化

名词:faithlessness 副词:faithlessly 

英语解释

形容词 faithless:

  1. having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor
    同义词:traitorous, unfaithful, treasonable, treasonous

例句

  1. He was found to be a faithless worker.
    人们发现他是一个不忠实的工人。

详细解释


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

【引伸】
faith.lessly
adv.(副词)
faith.lessness
n.(名词)
<参考词汇><同义词>faithless,unfaithful,false,disloyal,traitorous,treacherous,perfidious,recreantThese 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:
Faithlessunfaithful 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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