fidelity

英语

词源

15世纪，源自中古英语 [具体何词?]，源自中古法语 fidélité，源自拉丁语 fidēlitās，源自fidēlis (“忠实的”)，源自fidēs (“忠诚”)（英语faith），源自原始印欧语 *bʰidʰ-，*bʰeydʰ- (“命令；托付”)（英语bide）的零母音形式。fealty 的同源对似词。

发音

• 国际音标^(帮助): /fɪˈdɛl.ɪ.ti/, /faɪˈdɛl.ɪ.ti/

• 音频 (南英格兰)：

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名词

fidelity (可数 和 不可数，复数 fidelities)

1. （对职责的）忠诚

   the fidelity of the civil servants

   公仆（公务员）的忠诚

2. （对伴侣的）忠诚，一心一意
3. 准确度，还原度
4. 保真度
   • 2003, Proceedings of the Twenty-ninth International Conference on Very Large Databases, Berlin, Germany, 9-12 September, 2003，第 58 页:

     By placing them closer to the source, we can reduce the number of messages in the system and this in turn is likely to improve the fidelity of the system.

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引文

• 2004, High-Fidelity Medical Imaging Displays, Aldo Badano, Michael J. Flynn, Jerzy Kanicki, →ISBN:

• 2008, David L. Nelson, Michael M. Cox, Absolute Ultimate Guide for Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry, →ISBN, page S-305:

  The isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase has a proofreading function that ensures the fidelity of the aminoacylation reaction, but the histidyl-tRNA synthetase lacks such a proofreading function.

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反义词

• infidelity

衍生词汇

• fidelitous
• fidelity bond
• fidelity card
• fidelity insurance
• high fidelity
• low fidelity
• wireless fidelity

 

相关词汇

• affidavit
• bide
• faith

延伸阅读

• “fidelity”，Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary，Springfield, Mass.：G. & C. Merriam，1913年，OCLC 800618302
• “fidelity”，The Century Dictionary […]，New York, N.Y.：The Century Co.，1911，OCLC 867766587