[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]信用;可信性;可靠性 If someone or something has credibility, people believe in them and trust them.
The police have lost their credibility...
警方已经失去了公众的信任。
The president will have to work hard to restore his credibility.
总统将不得不努力使公众恢复对他的信任。
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cred·ibil·ity/ˌkredəˈbɪləti; NAmEˌkredəˈbɪləti/noun[uncountable ]the quality that sb/sth has that makes people believe or trust them 可信性;可靠性◆to gain/lack/lose credibility获取╱缺乏╱失去信任◆The prosecution did its best to undermine the credibilityof the witness. 原告竭力削弱证人的可信性。◆Newspapers were talking of a credibility gapbetween what he said and what he did. 各家报纸都在议论他言行不一。☞see also
1the quality of deserving to be believed and trusteddamage/undermine somebody’s credibility (as something) The scandal has damaged his credibility as a leader.credibility of There are serious questions about the credibility of these reports.gain/lose credibility Predictions of economic recovery have now lost all credibility.2credibility gap the difference between what someone says and what they do: a credibility gap between the government’s promises and their achievementsCOLLOCATIONSverbshave some/no/little credibility· By then the president had ceased to have any credibility.give somebody/something credibility· There's enough evidence to give credibility to this theory.undermine/damage credibility· A number of factors undermine the credibility of these statistics.destroy credibility· The scandal nearly destroyed the FBI's credibility.establish your credibility· Dave had already established his credibility with the department managers.lend credibility to somebody/something (=make something or someone have more credibility)· The evidence lent credibility to their arguments.gain credibility· It took many years for these ideas to gain credibility in the science community.lose credibility· Both of our major political parties are losing credibility.lack/be lacking in credibility· The new regime lacked credibility from the start.restore credibility (=get it back again after it has been damaged)· His priority was to restore credibility to his government.adjectivespolitical/scientific/academic etc credibility· A school's academic credibility often depends on its exam results.low credibility (=little credibility)· The organization has had low credibility among teachers.great credibility (=a lot of credibility)· He has great credibility in Washington.phrasesa blow to somebody/something's credibility (=something that damages credibility)· The case was a severe blow to the administration's credibility.
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n.可信性;确实性
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