词汇释义

credence  TEM8TOEFL  GRE

UK  /ˈkriː.dəns/ US  /ˈkriː.dəns/

1. noun, If something lends or gives credence to a theory or story, it makes it easier to believe.(理论或故事的)可信性，真实性

2. noun, If you give credence to a theory or story, you believe it. 信任，相信

外刊例句

1. Indeed, they lend credence to perceptions of media bias, which hardly helps the cause of conveying truth to readers.(Washington Post）

2. “Their actions lend credence to the insurrectionists’ cause and set the stage for future violence.(Seattle Times)

3. They helped whip up the hysteria among Trump’s supporters by lending credence to his assertions that the election was stolen.(Washington Times)

4. “Lending credence to Trump’s false claim that the election was stolen is a highly destructive attack on our constitutional government,” he said in a statement.(New York Times)

5. At a time when the arts are under threat, the show lends credence to an idea: Artists don’t merely depict our nation, but help create our understanding of it.(Washington Post)

6. Trump avoided condemning Moscow, publicly giving credence to Putin’s denials of election interference while doubting U.S. intelligence conclusions.(Reuters)

7. “Why are some people joining into causes and movements? Why are they finding some credence in things like QAnon?”(Seattle Times)

8. The Journal’s board also seem to be giving more credence to the New York Post’s reporting about Hunter Biden’s laptop than most other outlets.(The Guardian)

9. Some public health experts say WHO’s failure to exert its influence lent credence to countries adopting risky outbreak policies, possibly compromising efforts to stop the virus.(Seattle Times)

10. Still, early findings suggest that April is looking bad and lend credence to Mr. Brunner’s opinion that May will be much worse.(New York Times)

11. An option that is gaining credence among analysts is a tiered deposit rate that would enable a bank to pay a reduced charge on a portion of its excess reserves.(Reuters)

12. I learned that there is credence to Apple’s arguments: Its products do cost more to produce than in years past.(New York Times)

词汇搭配

lend/ give credence to a theory, idea, story, argument, opinion, perception, option, claim

词汇来源

"belief, trust in facts derived from other than personal knowledge; that which gives a claim to belief," mid-14c., from Medieval Latin credentia "belief," from Latin credentum (nominative credens), past participle of credere "believe, trust".

近义词

faith, trust, belief, credit

反义词

disbelief, discredit, distrust, doubt, mistrust, denial

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