[I remember he said to me that during the composition of his stories he could never quite get rid of the characters about whom he happened to be writing; that while The Old Curiosity Shop was being written, Little Nell followed him about everywhere...] And so we believe in his characters because he believed in them himself. (Essential English, Book 4, p. 75)
[原译][我记得他对我说过,当他创作故事时,他不能完全摆脱他正在写的人物,当创作《老古玩店》时,小耐儿到处跟随着他……]因此,我们信任他书中的人物,因为他自己信任他们。(中译本)
在狄更斯的书中有正面人物，也有反面人物。对后者我们也能“信任”吗？
查 believe in 主要有两个不尽相同的词义。
A. 信任,信仰(have faith or trust in),例如:
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We believe in our government. 我们信任我们的政府。
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You can believe in him, he'll never let you down. 你可以信任他，他绝不会做对不起你的事。
B. 相信……的存在(to consider the existence of sth. to be a fact),例如:
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Do you believe in ghosts? 你相信有鬼吗?
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They no longer believed in the sincerity of his utterances. 他们再也不相信他的讲话的诚实性了。
根据句意和上下文,原文中的 believe in 显然是指第二个意思。
[试译]……我们相信他书中的人物是真实的，因为他自己相信他们是真实的。
请做下面的英语试题：
Soprano Julia Migenes-Johnson believes in that her Latin American background helped her interpret the role of the Spanish character Carmen in 1984 opera film. (TOEFL)