Word of the Day for Thursday, April 19, 2012
bona fides \BOH-nah FEE-des\, noun:
1. Good faith; the state of being exactly as claims or appearances indicate.
2. (Sometimes italics) (used with a plural verb) the official papers, documents, or other items that prove authenticity, legitimacy, etc., as of a person or enterprise; credentials.
He seemed to feel that he had to convince them of his bona fides before they would trust the purity of the fuel that he was selling.
-- Dean R. Koontz, One Door Away from Heaven
The want of sincerity or bona fides, in a large body of men, respected and respectable, is a very tender place, and cannot be touched with too much delicacy.
-- Thomas Reid, The Works of Thomas Reid
We cannot investigate the bona fides of any of these people. We have to rely solely on deduction.
-- Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express
Originally bona fide, bona fides was accidentally pluralized by the 1830s and subsequently was used as a synonym for credentials.
善意\ BOH-NAH費-DES\,名詞:
1。誠信,是完全一樣的索賠或出現表明的狀態。
2。 (有時斜體)(與複數動詞使用)的一紙公文,證件,或者證明真實性的其他項目,合法性等,作為一個人或企業;憑據。
他似乎覺得他說服他的誠意,他們之前,他們將信任的燃料,他賣的純度。
- 迪恩·孔茨,一門從天上走
想在一個大男人的身體,誠意或善意,尊重和尊敬,是一個很溫柔的地方,不能過多的美味感動。
- 托馬斯·里德,托馬斯·里德的作品
我們無法調查這些人的任何誠意。我們單靠扣除。
- 阿加莎·克里斯蒂,在東方快車謀殺案
原本善意,誠意意外複數由19世紀30年代,隨後被用於作為憑據的代名詞。
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