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

• We have enough credence to tell you that we will meet any shortage.
  我们可以向你们保证，我们会填补一切短缺。
• Perhaps it serves to give credence to the existence of Peter the Apostle.
  或许它证明了伯多禄作为使徒的存在。
• This evidence lends further credence to his case.
  这一证据加深了他的案子的可靠性。
• 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。
• Give no credence to rumours.
  不要轻信谣言。
• This professional opinion may add the users 'credence to the financial statements of the business.
  这些职业性的意见可以增强报表使用者对企业财务报表的信任度。
• I'm not prepared to give credence to complaints made anonymously.
  我不会相信那些匿名投诉。
• As the big day approaches, though, some rumours appear to have more credence than others.
  随着大日临近，有些谣言似乎比别的更可信。
• This is by no means conclusive evidence, but it does lend credence to the idea that hypnotism opens up the subconscious mind.
  这绝对不是决定性的证据，但是的确对催眠打开潜意识思维的观点增加了可信度。
• But I can't give credence to your yet story.
  但我不会相信你愚蠢的古代事件。