credence

英 [ˈkriːdns]

美 [ˈkriːdns]

n.  可信性; 真实性; 信任; 信念

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Collins.1 / BNC.13894 / COCA.14310

牛津词典

noun

• 可信性；真实性
  a quality that an idea or a story has that makes you believe it is true
  1. Historical evidence lends credence to his theory.
     史学根据使他的理论更为可信。
• 信任；信念
  belief in sth as true
  1. They could give no credence to the findings of the survey.
     他们不相信这次调查的结果。
  2. Alternative medicine has been gaining credence (= becoming more widely accepted) recently.
     近来替代疗法越来越得到大众的认可。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT (理论或故事的)可信性，真实性
  If something lends or givescredence toa theory or story, it makes it easier to believe.
  1. Good studies are needed to lend credence to the notion that genuine progress can be made in this important field.
     需要进行认真的研究，以让人们相信在这一重要领域可以取得真正的进展。
• N-UNCOUNT 信任;相信
  If you givecredence toa theory or story, you believe it.
  1. You're surely not giving any credence to this story of Hythe's?
     你肯定不会相信海斯的说法吧？

英英释义

noun

• a kind of sideboard or buffet
  Synonym:credenza
• the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
  1. he gave credence to the gossip
  2. acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years
  Synonym:acceptance

双语例句

• They attached no credence to the government's latest statements.
  他们不相信政府最近的声明。
• Rumours find no credence with a wise man.
  流言止于智者。
• These results give more credence to the Muscle Pump Theory and the relation to muscle movement and reduced fatigue.
  这些结果更加表明肌肉运动理论的可靠性，肌肉运动和减少疲劳的相互关系。
• It is strictly forbidden to obtain confessions and to give them credence.
  严禁逼供信。
• This sudden storm lends credence to the weatherman's warning.
  突来的暴风雨看来证实了气象员的警报。
• The news may be true but as I heard it only at second hand, I am not likely to give it credence until I have it confirmed.
  这消息也许是真的，但我只是间接听来的，所以在我证实它以前，我是不大可能相信它的。
• He did not give much credence to the story.
  他并不怎么相信这番话。
• All the people here refuse credence to the story.
  这儿所有的人们都不相信这番话。
• We should acknowledge this uncertainty by assigning some nontrivial degree of credence to each of these possibilities.
  我们对每一个可能性都应该不予以小瞧，要承认这种不确定性。
• I'm not prepared to give credence to complaints made anonymously.
  我不会相信那些匿名投诉。