1 always staying with and supporting a person, organization or belief 忠心的;忠实的:
Peter has been a faithful friend.彼得一直是个忠心的朋友。He was always faithful to his wife (= he didn't have sexual relations with anyone else).他对妻子一向很专一。 [SYN] loyal 同义词为loyal[OPP] unfaithful 反义词为unfaithful
2 true to the facts; accurate 如实的;准确的:
a faithful description精确的描绘 ➔faithfully /-fəli ||; -fəlɪ/ adv
Yours faithfully is used to end formal letters. Yours faithfully用于正式信件的结尾。 ➔faithfulnessnoun [U]
☞Look also at fidelity. 另参看fidelity。
faithful/ˋfeθfəl; ˈfeIθf$l/adj 1 remaining loyal to someone or something and continuing to support them 忠实的﹐忠诚的: a faithful friend 一个忠实的朋友+to She remained faithful to her principles. 她坚持忠于自己的原则。2 if you are faithful to your wife, husband etc, you do not have a sexual relationship with anyone else〔对配偶等〕忠贞的3 representing an event or image exactly 准确可靠的﹔如实的: a faithful account of the battle 对这次战役的如实报道a faithful reproduction of the original picture 忠实于原画的复制品 —faithfulness n [U]