| 单词 |
trustworthy |
| 释义 |
trustworthy, a.|ˈtrʌstˌwɜːðɪ|
[f. trust n. + worthy a.]
Worthy of trust or confidence; reliable.
1808[implied in trustworthiness]. 1829Lytton Devereux vi. iii, Anselmo..was a trustworthy man. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xiv. III. 442 The most trustworthy comment on the text of the Gospels and Epistles is to be found in the practice of the primitive Christians. 1874Ruskin Fors Clav. IV. xliii. 139 Whatever is set down in Fors for you is assuredly true,..—trustworthy to the uttermost,—however strange. 1889Gretton Memory's Harkb. 313 Because he trusted them, they proved themselves trustworthy.
Hence ˈtrustˌworthily adv., ˈtrustˌworthiness.
1851–9Mallet in Man. Sci. Eng. 355 Alterations of level may be *trustworthily evidenced by changes of depth or run of water. 1870Daily News 14 Dec., I am trustworthily informed that [etc.]. 1893W. C. Wilkinson in Barrows Parl. Relig. II. 1247 The religion that can trustworthily offer to save.
1808Edin. Rev. July 478 The cardinal virtue..of historic composition,—*trustworthiness. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 399/2 The trustworthiness of mild steel. 1885Clodd Myths & Dr. i. vii. 115 Criticism is testing without fear or favour the trustworthiness of records of the past. |
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