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 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。
• The easiest way is to refute the article of faith held by efficient-market theorists& that investors are rational calculators of all relevant information and set prices accordingly, at all time and at all places.
  相关报道最容易的办法就是抛弃有效市场理论家的观点，即无论何时何地，投资者都会对所有相关信息进行理性分析，并据此定价。
• The article explores the concept, foundation and the condition of the legal faith.
  法律信仰即关于法律的信仰或法律领域中的信仰，指人们对某种在其看来具有普遍价值的法律观念抱有深刻信任的情感状态。
• 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 is an article of faith in bullion markets that the US will be the last country to dispose of its gold stock.
  黄金市场的一条信念是，美国将是最后一个处置其黄金储备的国家。
• 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。
• Far from posing a threat to the Government, its followers are expected to avoid political partisanship as an article of faith.
  作为信条之一，巴哈伊的追随者们将避免干涉政治，更谈不上对政府构成威胁了。
• 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。
• However, the article also pointed out that in matters of faith, as opposed to the older generation of painters, many young painters showed more and more indifferent and estrangement.
  但是，本文也指出在信仰方面，相对于老一辈的画工，很多年轻的画工表现出了越来越多的冷漠和疏远。
• 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。