| 单词 | credible |
| 释义 | Word family noun credibility incredulity adjective incredible credible incredulous adverb incredibly credibly incredulously cred·i·ble /ˈkredəbəl/ ●○○ adjective BELIEVEdeserving or able to be believed or trusted 可信的，可靠的 → incrediblecredible explanation/story/account etc He was unable to give a credible explanation for his behaviour. 他无法对自己的行为作出可信的解释。 Her excuse was barely credible. 她的借口无法让人信服。credible threat/challenge/force etc Can Thompson make a credible challenge for the party leadership? 汤普森是否能成功挑战该政党的领导权？ a credible alternative to nuclear power 原子能的可靠替代物 —credibly adverbExamples from the Corpuscredible• Once they began, they acquired momentum of their own, and the size of the purge made it credible.• This means, do I think you are competent and credible.• But how much longer he can survive as a credible force is open to question.• The complaint would be more credible if he could remember more specific details.• The idea of one global power holding the other to ransom seems less credible now than it has done previously.• Her story is completely credible - she doesn't usually exaggerate.• Is she a credible witness?credible explanation/story/account etc• The first two of these little surprises, just possibly, have credible explanations.• Money was invested in virtually any company with a credible story of what they were going to do on the internet.Origin credible (1300-1400) Latin credibilis, from credere; → CREDENCEcred·i·ble adjectiveChineseSyllable Corpus or deserving believed trusted able to or be |
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