That experience made him believe that his future job was as a comedian, not in music.

VOA: special.2009.10.11

And then she is gripped with--as she says, "overcome all at once"-- by a need to touch him, as if she could not believe in him or would not remember him.

然后，就像她说的，“突然克服了“一样，她被一种接触他的需要紧紧握住，就像是她不能够相信他，或者是记得他。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Do we believe him in this respect, I mean an important question, do we believe him again, ? is he being sincere in this or is he using this as it were a kind of rhetoric ? with which to envelope himself?

我们相信他这番言论吗，我意指一个重要的问题，我们再次自问是否要相信他，他这么说时是否诚恳,或只是利用这类的修辞,来包裹自己？

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

The commander of a United States navy force in the Pacific, Thomas Jones, received news that led him to believe the United States was at war with Mexico.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

"I'm in my 50s, and I went to see him at the Forum here in California , I believe it was about 1969, and I was just a young kid myself."

VOA: standard.2009.06.28