trust Idiom, Proverb

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entrust to

give the charge of sth．to sb．委托某事给某人
We cannot entrust such a task to a person we don't know.我们不能把这样一项任务交给我们不了解的人。

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entrust with

trust with；give sb．the charge of sth．托某人做某事
She entrusted me with mailing this letter．她委托我寄发这封信。

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on trust

1．without proof or close examination不加深究地
I took all he said on trust，for I thought he was telling the truth．他说的我都相信，因为我认为他是在讲真话。
2．in credit赊帐
We have known the family for years and you may safely supply the goods on trust．我们认识这一家已有多年了，你可以放心地赊销商品。

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trust in

have confidence in信任
We can't trust in what he said．我们不能相信他的话。

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trust to

rely upon依赖
You trust to your memory too much. 你过于相信自己的记忆力了。

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brain trust|brain|trust

n. A group of specially trained, highly intelligent experts in a given field. Albert Einstein gathered a brain trust around himself at the Princeton Institute of Advanced Studies.

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in trust|trust

adv. or adj. phr. In safe care for another. The money was held by the hank in trust for the widow. At his death Mr. Brown left a large sum in trust for his son until he was twenty-five.

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brain trust

brain trust
A group of experts who serve as unofficial but vital advisers. For example, Each town manager seemed to have his or her own brain trust, which of course changed with every election. This term, closely associated with President Franklin Roosevelt's advisers on domestic and foreign policy in the early 1930s, was first recorded in 1910.

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distrustful

distrustful
distrustful of
suspicious of; having no confidence in

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in trust

in trust
In the possession or care of a trustee, as in The money was held in trust for the children's education. This expression implies having confidence in someone (the trustee). [Mid-1500s]

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trust

trust
see brain trust; in trust.