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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Instancing the inhabitants of several villages in the north of Qin'an County, Gansu Province, the article explains the meaning of the habit and faith, regarded as a kind of life-form, and its relation to time.
  本文以位于甘肃秦安县北部的几个村落为例，来分析这种信仰作为一种生命形式所具有的意义，以及与时间之间的关系。
• 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。
• 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。
• At the same time, this article outlines the theoretical basis for the construction of good faith in Government, and on this basis I analyze urgency.
  同时，概述了政府诚信建设的理论基础，并在此基础上分析了在我国构建诚信政府的必要性和紧迫性。
• It became an article of faith that a catastrophe of that magnitude could not occur again.
  像大萧条那种规模的灾难不会重演，这已经成为一个信条。
• Accentuating the positive is an article of faith here.
  强调积极面在这里已变成一种信仰。