credible['kredәbl]
汉语翻译
a. 可信的, 可靠的
【法】 可信的, 可靠的
词型变化
副词:credibly 名词:credibleness
英语解释
形容词 credible:
- capable of being believed同义词:believable
- a common but incorrect usage where `credulous' would be appropriate
- appearing to merit belief or acceptance
例句
- It is hardly credible.这是难以置信的。
- His defense, which seems credible on the evidence so far, is that the bank masked its skullduggery so completely that no regulator anywhere in the world could get a handle on it.他的辩词(根据目前证据似乎可信)是:银行把它的偷天换日的做法遮掩得天衣无逢,全世界任何地方的监管人员都无法掌握。
- Looks credible.看来可信。
- It seems credible.这似乎是可信的。
详细解释
cred.i.ble
adj.(形容词)Capable of being believed; plausible.See Synonyms at
plausible 能被信任的;合理的参见
plausibleWorthy of confidence; reliable.值得信任的;可信赖的
来源:Middle English 中古英语 from Latin
crôdibilis 源自 拉丁语
crôdibilis from
crôdere [to believe] * see kerd- 源自
crôdere [相信] *参见 kerd-
【引伸】
cred.iblenessn.(名词)
cred.iblyadv.(副词)
Credible is widely but incorrectly used where
credulous would be appropriate, as in
He was credible (should be
credulous )
enough to believe the manufacturer`s claims. Credible 这一词在应该用
轻信的 这一词时被广泛而又不确切地使用了, 如在
他太轻信任 (应该是
credulous )
以致于相信了制造商的声明