"bona fide"是拉丁语,意为“善意”, 即:in good faith。当英语将其借用时,通常应用在商业交易等方面,它强调的是:不存在欺诈或欺骗。在英语中,我们可以找到不少跟“bona fide”意思接近的同义词/近义词,如:
authentic, certifiable, certified, genuine,honest, real, right, sure-enough, 和true等。
举几个例子:
1. Clearly further studies will be required in independent and larger populations to have confidence that the association is bona fide.
显然,需要在独立和更大的样本中进行进一步的研究,以确信这种关联是真实的。
2. This is a bona fide sample of Wang xizhi's handwriting.
这是王羲之笔迹的真实样本。
3. As such, kindergarten writing can be considered a bona fide precursor of later literacy development and not merely a developmental curiosity.
因此,幼儿园写作可以被认为是后来识字发展的真正先驱,而不仅仅是发展的好奇心。
又如,最近新闻报道中使用的例子:
1. Professional running is caught in the middle of a bona fide fairness crisis.— Matt Hart, The Atlantic, 30 July 2021
职业操守陷入真正的公平危机之中。
-马特·哈特,《大西洋》,2021年7月30日
2. Within a year, the brand launched its own automatic base caliber, and became a bona fide producer of high-end pieces with prestigious movements.
— Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 26 July 2021
在一年内,该品牌推出了自己的自动基本口径,并成为名副其实的高端运动件生产商。
-Paige Reddinger,《罗布报告》,2021年7月26日