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

• Enemies as they are, the two camps share the same prime article of faith: that the nation-state is and will continue to be the absolute sovereign within its borders.
  尽管两个阵营相互敌对，但他们拥有相同的基础信仰：即单一民族国家在其境内是，而且将继续会是绝对的独立自主。
• The article analyzes the meaning of bad faith in anti-abstraction's use and its structure in the abstract principle.
  本文分析了反无因性论者所说的恶意的含义，并分析了它在无因性原则下所具有的意义。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It's been an article of faith in America that if people are treated fairly and equally anyone who wants to can make it.
  如果人们受到公正与平等的对待的话，那么任何怀有梦想的、决心有所作为的人都可以取得成功，这一直都是美国人的信条。
• 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。
• Because the details of CDT are well beyond the scope of this article, you will need to take a leap of faith at this point.
  因为CDT的细节部分已经超出了本篇文章的讨论范围，您可以跳过这点。
• 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。