credence是什么意思？

credence

英[ˈkri:dns] 美[ˈkridns]

• n. 相信（传言），凭证，餐具柜，[宗]祭器台；

例句

• It is strictly forbidden to obtain confessions and to give them credence. 严禁逼供信.
• Her denials of this charge served merely to lend it credence. 她对这一指控的矢口否认,反倒更使人相信这一指控是真的.
• Historical evidence lends credence to his theory. 史学根据使他的理论更为可信。
• Police attach credence to the report of an unnamed bystander. 警方认为一位不知姓名的目击者的报告很有用.
• You're surely not giving any credence to this story of Hythe's? 你肯定不会相信海斯的说法吧？
• Good studies are needed to lend credence to the notion that genuine progress can be made in this important field. 需要进行认真的研究，以让人们相信在这一重要领域可以取得真正的进展。

词组

• give credence to
  accept as true 相信；接受；信任

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-UNCOUNT
  (理论或故事的)可信性，真实性
  If something lends or gives credence to a theory or story, it makes it easier to believe.
  例句
  Good studies are needed to lend credence to the notion that genuine progress can be made in this important field. 需要进行认真的研究，以让人们相信在这一重要领域可以取得真正的进展。
• N-UNCOUNT
  信任;相信
  If you give credence to a theory or story, you believe it.
  例句
  You're surely not giving any credence to this story of Hythe's? 你肯定不会相信海斯的说法吧？

英汉词典释义

• n.
  相信;信任
  Her denials of this charge served merely to lend it credence. 她对这一指控的矢口否认,反倒更使人相信这一指控是真的。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true;
  "he gave credence to the gossip""acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years"
  2. a kind of sideboard or buffet

行业词典

• 法律： 信用；