의미: convictions

con·vic·tion n.

1 [U.C] 【법】 유죄의 판결 《for》
▶ a previous conviction for shoplifting 가게 좀도둑질의 전과
▶ a summary conviction 즉결 재판

2 [U] 설득(력)

3 [U.C] (사실에 입각한) 확신(firm belief), 신념 《★ 사실에 입각하지 않는 「확신」은 confidence》
▶ 《conviction+that 절》 act in[under] the conviction that time is money 시간이 돈이라는 신념으로 행동하다

4 [U] 【신학】 죄의 자각, 회오(悔悟)
be open to conviction 설득[이치]에 순응하다
carry conviction 설득력이 있다
under conviction(s) 죄를 자각하여, 양심의 가책을 받아
with conviction 확신을 갖고
conviction·al a.
▷ convíct, convínce v.; convíctive a.

have the courage of convictions 관용구

have the courage of one's convictions

Idiom(s): have the courage of one's convictions

Theme: COURAGE

to have enough courage and determination to carry out one's goals.
• It's fine to have noble goals in life and to believe in great things. If you don't have the courage of your convictions, you'll never reach your goals.
• Jane was successful because she had the courage of her convictions.

To have the courage of your convictions

If you have the courage of your convictions, you are brave enough to do what you feel is right, despite any pressure for you to do something different.

have the courage of one's convictions|convictions|

v. phr. To be brave enough to act according to your beliefs. Steve showed that he had the courage of his convictions by refusing to help another student cheat in the exam. Owen knew that Pete had started the fight, but he was afraid to say so; he did not have the courage of his convictions.

courage of one's convictions, have the

courage of one's convictions, have the
Behave according to one's beliefs. For example, Carl wouldn't give his best friend any of the test answers; he had the courage of his convictions. This expression is believed to have originated as a translation of the French le courage de son opinion (“the courage of his opinion”), dating from the mid-1800s and at first so used. By the late 1800s it had changed to the present form.

have the adventuresomeness of (one's) convictions

To accept the aplomb to act or behave in accordance with one's behavior or ideologies, abnormally in the face of resistance, criticism, or persecution. The governor was presented with a allurement to advice the association abstain regulation, but she had the adventuresomeness of her confidence to debris such an offer. Plenty of bodies accept approved to dissuade me from advancing this career, but I've consistently had the adventuresomeness of my convictions.Learn more: conviction, courage, have, of

have the adventuresomeness of one's convictions

to accept abundant adventuresomeness and assurance to backpack out one's goals. It's accomplished to accept blue-blooded goals in activity and to accept in abundant things. If you don't accept the adventuresomeness of your convictions, you'll never ability your goals. Jane was acknowledged because she had the adventuresomeness of her convictions.Learn more: conviction, courage, have, of

courage of one's convictions, to accept the

To act in accordance with one’s beliefs. The appellation may accept originated in France back at aboriginal it was declared as the adventuresomeness of his opinions (le adventuresomeness de son opinion); it so appears in John Morley’s adventures of Diderot (1878). A 1989 political artist put an agreeable aberration on it in criticizing President George H.W. Bush’s alteration angle on abortion: “It’s nice to see he has the adventuresomeness of his elections” (Wasserman, Boston Globe, Nov. 9, 1989). Learn added put one's money area one's aperture is.Learn more: courage, have, of

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