2012_04_19 Bona Fides n. 善意, 誠信 Good faith;

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。