article of faith

英 [ˌɑːtɪkl əv ˈfeɪθ]

美 [ˌɑːrtɪkl əv ˈfeɪθ]

n.  信条; 信念

牛津词典

noun

• 信条；信念
  something you believe very strongly, as if it were a religious belief

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 信条；信念
  If something is anarticle of faithfor a person or group, they believe in it totally.
  1. For Republicans it is almost an article of faith that this tax should be cut.
     共和党人几乎是坚定不移地主张这项税收需削减。

英英释义

noun

• an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence
  Synonym:convictionstrong belief
• (Christianity) any of the sections into which a creed or other statement of doctrine is divided
  Synonym:credendum

双语例句

• It's just an article of faith for them.
  这对于他们来说只是一种信条。
• This article will research the foundation of the emotion of the religious faith.
  本文试图对宗教构成要素之一的宗教信仰的情感基础略作探讨。
• Article six good faith the parties shall abide by the principle of good faith in exercising their rights and performing their obligations.
  第六条当事人行使权利、履行义务应当遵循诚实信用原则。
• Starting from analysing the component of faith and the problem of the effect of faith, this article discusses the revolutionary characteristic of socialist faith and historical expression of the effect of socialist faith.
  本文从分析信念构成和信念效力问题出发，论述了社会主义信念的革命特征和社会主义信念效力的历史表现。
• It became an article of faith that a catastrophe of that magnitude could not occur again.
  像大萧条那种规模的灾难不会重演，这已经成为一个信条。
• It was an article of faith for New Labour that you promote competition, and help consumers.
  对新工党来说，鼓励竞争和帮助消费者是一种信念。
• For them, the claim amounts almost to an article of faith: worsening inequality is a sure sign of the moral bankruptcy of "the system".
  对于他们来说这种说法近乎等于信仰的表达：即不平等加剧是一个体系道德沦丧的确切信号。
• Focusing on the word "faith" in The Analects of Confucius, the article reincorporates the cultural implication of the word "faith", and analyses the cultural connotation of the practice character from four aspects and evaluates its historical and realistic influence in brief.
  本文以《论语》信字为切入点，对信字的文化含义进行了重新归并，并从四个方面分析了信这种实践品格的文化内涵，简要评述了信这种实践品格的历史与现实影响。
• This article tries to reveal the present situations of faith in five groups ( workers, peasants, intellectuals, individuals and university students), analyzes the origin of the weakening of faith and provides educational countermeasures.
  本文试图从心理学角度以中国民众精神信仰与社会安定意识的实证性研究为依据，揭示我国工人、农民、知识分子、个体户和大学生五个群体的信仰现状，并分析信仰弱化的根源及其教育对策。
• The article vests the principle of tax legality, honesty and faith, equity and efficiency to the category of the form value of tax constitutionality.
  本文把税收法定主义原则、诚实守信原则和公平效率原则归属于税收法治的形式价值范畴。