Belief

Definition

belief /bÇ'li:f/ n ၁။ [U] ~ in sth/sb ယံုၾကည္မႈ။ ယံုၾကည္ခ်က္။ I admire his passionate belief in what he is doing. ❍ The incident has shaken my belief (ie weakened my confidence) in the police. ❍ She has lost her belief in God. ❍ He came to me in the belief that I could help him. Compare DISBELIEF, UNBELIEF ၂။ [C] (က) ထင္ျမင္ယံုၾကည္ခ်က္။ It is my belief that (ie I believe that) she is guilty. ❍ The government took no action, reinforcing the popular belief that it did not care. ❍ She was imprisoned for her dissident beliefs. (ခ) ဘာသာ အယူဝါဒ။ Christian beliefs. ❏ beyond belief [ IDM ] ယံုႏိုင္စရာမရိွေလာက္ေအာင္။ I find his behaviour (irresponsible) beyond belief.

Examples

1. This theory goes against the beliefs of most current political thinkers.
2. [belief in] : A belief in the existence of UFOs
3. [belief that] : The mistaken belief that cocaine is not an addictive drug
4. [popular/widely held/widespread belief] : There is widespread belief that an agreement has been made.
5. [firm/strong belief] : It is my firm belief that the government should act now.
6. [growing belief] : There is a growing belief that she will resign.
7. [belief in] : A belief in social justice
8. [belief that] : The belief that women should be treated equally
9. Christian/Buddhist beliefs
10. [belief about/concerning] : Our traditional beliefs about the origins of life
11. [express belief] : Everyone is entitled to express their own personal beliefs.