damage/undermine somebody’s credibility (as something)• Hume believed that four factorsundermine the credibility of reports of miracles.• The practices of the press were to further undermine its credibility.• Charity knew that to protest any more would only undermine her credibility.• This rather undermines his credibility as a detachedobserver.• The benefit to competitiveness would be short-term, while the damage to our credibility as an economy would be massive.• The number of leaks is beginning to undermine the credibility of those who claimemails can be made secure.• The Bible's miracles, so far from supporting its claim to supernaturalauthority, served rather to undermine its credibility.• But that would damage the credibility of the government further and certainly affect the financial markets, analysts said.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + CREDIBILITY | CREDIBILITY + VERB | CREDIBILITY + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤great, high極大的可信度;高可信度➤real真正的可靠性➤moral, political, professional, scientific道德方面的/政治上的/職業上的/科學上的可靠性➤personal個人的可信度➤instant立即獲得的信任◇He had instant credibility with customers.他立刻就取得了顧客的信任。➤street街頭信譽VERB + CREDIBILITY➤carry, have具有可信度◇The certificate has great credibility in the US.該證書在美國可信度很高。➤be lacking in, lack缺乏可信度▸➤gain, regain獲取/重新獲取信任◇The government is desperate to regain credibility with the public.政府急於重新獲取公眾的信任。➤lose失去信任▸➤bring, build, establish, give, lend, provide帶來可靠性;確立可靠性;給予可靠性◇Recommendations from two previous clients helped to establish her credibility.兩位以前客戶的推薦有助於確立她的可靠性。◇Funding from the World Bank lends credibility to the project.世界銀行的資金支持讓人信任這項工程。➤maintain, retain保持可靠性▸➤restore恢復可信度▸➤add, enhance, increase增加可信性;提高可信度◇The use of computer models adds credibility to the forecasts.使用計算機模型增加了預報的可信度。◇State backing for the plan will enhance its credibility.國家對這一計劃的支持將提高其可信度。➤challenge, damage, destroy, diminish, erode, hurt, undermine考驗/損害/摧毀/降低/削弱/傷害/破壞可信度➤question質疑可靠性CREDIBILITY + VERB➤suffer可信性受損◇Her credibility suffered in her handling of the crisis.她對這次危機的處理使其可信度受損。CREDIBILITY + NOUN➤gap信用差距◇Newspapers were talking of a credibility gap between her policies and her achievements.各家報紙都在議論她的政策和政績之間存在差距。➤issue, problem信譽問題◇Anti-dope campaigners are faced with a credibility problem.反興奮劑倡導者面臨信譽問題。➤crisis信譽危機◇The administration was facing a credibility crisis.該政府面臨信譽危機。PREPOSITION➤credibility among, credibility as⋯之中的信任;作為⋯的可信度◇her credibility as a witness她作為證人的可信度➤credibility for對⋯相信的程度◇He's been helping to restore market credibility for a new industrial process.他一直在幫着重建對新工業生產方法的市場信心。