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credibility

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cred·i·bil·i·ty /ˌkredəˈbɪləti/ ●○○ noun [uncountableU]  
1  BELIEVEthe quality of deserving to be believed and trusted 可信度；可靠性
damage/undermine somebody’s credibility (as something)
 The scandal has damaged his credibility as a leader.
这桩丑闻损害了他作为领袖的可信度。
credibility of
 There are serious questions about the credibility of these reports.
对这些报告的可靠性有很大的疑问。
gain/lose credibility
 Predictions of economic recovery have now lost all credibility.
经济复苏的预言现在已完全不可信。
2  credibility gap UNTRUEthe difference between what someone says and what they do 信用差距〔指言行不一致〕
 a credibility gap between the government’s promises and their achievements
政府的承诺和政绩之间的信用差距
Examples from the Corpus
credibility gap• Inaccurate though this perception may be, it creates a credibility gap which Peavey must yet cross.• A poor attendance record leads to a credibility gap with superiors. 2.• Why Clinton administration officials have opened such a yawning credibility gap is hard to say.
n COLLOCATIONS
verbs
have 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.
adjectives
political/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.
phrases
a blow to somebody/something's credibility (=something that damages credibility)
The case was a severe blow to the administration's credibility.
Examples from the Corpus
credibility• News of the freebie started a credibility slide of avalanche proportions.• Being infected should not add to her credibility, while not being so should not disqualify her from comment, she says.• The scandal has ruined his credibility as a leader.• In each case, performance inevitably improves, with each small improvement restoring a measure of organizational credibility and self-respect.• If a government minister dissents then he's out, for the sake of the government's credibility.• If they do, juries should be told of the circumstances in order to assess the credibility of a witness.
damage/undermine somebody’s credibility (as something)• Hume believed that four factors undermine 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 detached observer.• 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 claim emails can be made secure.• The Bible's miracles, so far from supporting its claim to supernatural authority, served rather to undermine its credibility.• But that would damage the credibility of the government further and certainly affect the financial markets, analysts said.
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