credence

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cre·dence /ˈkriːdəns/ noun [uncountableU]

formalBELIEVE the acceptance of something as true 相信；信任

give credence to something (=to believe or accept something as true) 相信某事

I don’t give any credence to these rumors.

我一点都不相信这些谣言。

gain credence (=to become more widely accepted or believed) 得到认可；获得信任

His ideas quickly gained credence among economists.

他的观点很快就得到了经济学家的认可。

lend credence to something (=to make something more believable) 增加某事物的可信度

The DNA results lend credence to Hausmann’s claims of innocence.

豪斯曼声称自己无辜，DNA检测结果增加了这种说法的可信度。

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credence• But they don't get any credence here and several of our most respected lawyers, doctors and public servants are black.• They ask: Why should I give credence to a life that has imposed barriers on me?• Looking at him, I can see why the ignorant give credence to the Evil Eye.• What empirical evidence is there that might persuade us to give credence to this sharp and absolute distinction?• There were many other priests out there, their presence giving credence to the deception.• We give them greater credence if we allow them to be grouped with other less controversial policies.• These debates lend credence to the view that the southern states would not have ratified the Constitution without the proslavery compromises.• Political economy and class perspectives on urban sociology lend little credence to this type of analysis.

give credence to something• They ask: Why should I give credence to a life that has imposed barriers on me?• Looking at him, I can see why the ignorant give credence to the Evil Eye.• Captured, he would be forced into giving credence to the coup.• I can not give credence to the 17 percent. figure.• But the London office checked it out and confirmed that the sheer secrecy of the Bedford police gave credence to the story.• There were many other priests out there, their presence giving credence to the deception.• What empirical evidence is there that might persuade us to give credence to this sharp and absolute distinction?• The Church of S. Theodora originally belonged to a monastery; large cisterns found in the vicinity give credence to this theory.

Origin credence

(1300-1400) Old French Medieval Latin credentia, from Latin credere “to believe, trust, give to someone to keep safe”

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