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]