faithful

adjective
🔊/ˈfeɪθfl/
🔊/ˈfeɪθfl/
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  1. staying with or supporting a particular person, organization or belief忠实的;忠诚的 synonym loyal
    • a faithful servant/friend/dog忠诚的仆人/朋友/狗
    • She was rewarded for her 40 years' faithful service with the company.她为公司忠诚服务了 40 年,因而获得奖赏。🔊🔊
    • I have been a faithful reader of your newspaper for many years.我是贵报多年来的忠实读者。🔊🔊
    • faithful to somebody/something He remained faithful to the ideals of the party.他对党的理想坚贞不移。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • He has been a very faithful friend to me.他一直是我忠实的朋友。
    • soldiers who stayed faithful to the king仍然效忠国王的士兵
    • His faithful old dog sat by his feet.他那条忠实的老狗坐在他的脚边。
    • a faithful worker/​correspondent忠实的工人/通讯员
    Topics Personal qualitiesc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • remain
    • stay
    adverb
    • extremely
    • very
    • absolutely
    preposition
    • to
    See full entry
  2. the faithful
    noun [plural] people who believe in a religion; strong supporters of a political party who will not change their views(宗教的)忠实信徒;(政党的)忠诚支持者
    • The president will keep the support of the party faithful.总统将继续获得忠诚党员的拥护。🔊🔊
    Topics Religion and festivalsc2
  3. (of a wife, husband or partner夫妻或性伴侣) faithful (to somebody) not having a sexual relationship with anyone else忠诚的;忠贞的
    • He had remained entirely faithful to his wife.他对妻子一直绝对忠诚。
    opposite unfaithful
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • remain
    • stay
    adverb
    • extremely
    • very
    • absolutely
    preposition
    • to
    See full entry
  4. true and accurate; not changing anything如实的;丝毫不变的
    • a faithful copy/account/description精确的副本;如实的叙述/描述
    • faithful to something His translation manages to be faithful to the spirit of the original.他的译文做到了忠于原文的精神。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • The film is quite faithful to the original novel.这部电影非常忠实于原著小说。
    • a faithful account of the events leading up to the tragedy对导致悲剧的事件的忠实叙述
    • It was a faithful representation of his work.这是他工作的忠实代表。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    preposition
    • to
    See full entry
  5. [only before noun] able to be trusted; that you can rely on可信任的;可信赖的
    • my faithful old car我那可靠的老爷车