一、 用于believe in sb [sth ],表示相信或信任某人或某物,共有以下四种用法:

1.信仰。如:

You grew up in an agnostic household and have never been able to bring yourselfto believe in God.

你在一个信奉不可知论的家庭里长大,一直都无法信仰上帝。

He believes in God. 他信仰上帝。

I believe in Christianity.

我信仰基督教。

2.相信……的存在。如:

I don't believe in ghosts

我不相信有鬼。

I believe in life after death.

我相信人死后生命会以某种形式存在。

Do you believe in magic?

你相信魔法真的存在吗?

Do you believe in ghosts? 你相信有鬼吗?

3.信任,信赖。如:

Nobody believes in him. 没有人信任他。

比较:I can believe him, but I cannot believe in him. 我相信他说的话是真的,但是不相信他的为人。

believe表示相信某人说的话是真的或相信某事会发生(或已经发生); 而believe in却多表示信赖某人或信仰某事物,相信其存在或价值,其后常接真理、宗教一类的词,接sb 作宾语则指相信某人的人格或能力。

I believe him, though his story sounds unlikely. 我相信他说的话,尽管听起来不大可能。

Some of his supporters have stopped believing in him. 他的一些支持者已经对他失去信心。

If you believe in yourself you can succeed.

只要自信,就能成功。

I believe in my good friend, tom.

我信任我的好朋友汤姆。

I believe in you.

我相信你们。

4.相信……的真实性。如:

I believe in progression, in taking risks, in never getting stale.

我崇尚进取、冒险和永不倦怠。

Many African tribes believe in reincarnation.

许多非洲的部落都相信人会转世。

Do you believe in everything the Bible says? 你相信《圣经》中的每句话?

I believe in the institution of marriage.

我相信婚姻制度。

I think I'm more aware now of some spiritual things and I do believe in good andevil.

我觉得我现在更加注重精神生活,而且我真的相信善恶报应。

He does not believe in fate.

他不相信命运。

二、 用于believe in doing sth , 表示相信做某事有好处、可行、应该的。含义是“相信(某种事物的)价值,认为某事好(对、正确、可接受)”如:

He believes in getting plenty of exercise. 他相信多做运动必有好处。

They believe in letting children make their own mistakes. 他们相信(认为、赞成)让孩子们自己出错有好处。

I don't believe in getting what by underhand method.

我认为以不光明的手法获取想要得到的东西是不应该的。

The government most assuredly does believe in organic farming.

政府确实坚信有机耕作切实可行。

He doesn’t believe in hitting children. 他不赞成打孩子。

believe in的用法解析