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单词 credibility
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credibility
(kredɪbɪlɪti )
uncountable noun
If someone or something has credibility, people believe in them and trust them.
The police have lost their credibility.
The president will have to work hard to restore his credibility.
Synonyms: believability, reliability, cred [slang], plausibility  
Collocations:
assess the credibility of
Economic migrants are usually taken care of by assessing the credibility of their claim of a fear of persecution in their country of origin.
Times, Sunday Times
The strength consists in the fact that a lot of cross-checking between data sources and data sets can occur, to assess the credibility of the estimates.
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Funds of the university are placed only after assessing the credibility of the bank with maximum return and safety of investment.
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credibility problem
Labour has never had a credibility problem on the spreading of wealth.
Times, Sunday Times
There's a credibility problem at the moment.
Times, Sunday Times
Athletics has a probably incurable credibility problem.
Times, Sunday Times
Then there's the valuation credibility problem.
Times,Sunday Times
But the union leader had a credibility problem of her own.
Globe and Mail
earn credibility
He says that, due to his lack of playing profile, he started out around 20 and has strived, successfully, to earn credibility ever since.
Times, Sunday Times
We need to earn credibility to have our views heard.
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It earned credibility through being politically disinterested.
Times, Sunday Times
These merchants typically are successful retailers, manufacturers, brand owners or authorized dealers who have earned credibility and customer loyalty in the offline environment.
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In 1993, his fund earned credibility with a 33.8 percent return and by 2000, the fund had over $610 million in assets.
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enhance the credibility of
This will significantly enhance the credibility of firms signed up to this regime.
Times, Sunday Times
Opposition ministers have already dismissed the benefit as 'a phantom windfall' and a 'sleight of hand which doesn't do a single thing to enhance the credibility of the public accounts'.
Times, Sunday Times
Theatrical performances were sometimes given to enhance the credibility of purported medicines.
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The international attention garnered by the crisis redoubled the determination of, and enhanced the credibility of, the anti-nuclear movement.
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This integrated approach enhances the credibility of warnings and reduces the risk of their being dismissed as false alarms by corroborating the warning messages through multiple media.
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establish credibility
It requires him to establish credibility, develop policies rather than postures, and show compassion.
Times, Sunday Times
You have to establish credibility immediately.
Times, Sunday Times
His interesting speculations are not, however, accompanied by the sorts of references and citations which are vital to establishing credibility in these debates.
The Times Literary Supplement
So he was establishing credibility.
Christianity Today
Establishing credibility should be easy.
Times, Sunday Times
gain credibility
This seemingly fantastical idea could gain credibility for two reasons.
Times, Sunday Times
If it wants to gain credibility in the international game, a bit of common sense and self-recognition would not go amiss.
Times, Sunday Times
He said he had used the doctor signs for easier parking and to gain credibility.
Times, Sunday Times
The program began to gain credibility.
Christianity Today
Wannabe 'influencers' are faking sponsorships with big brands to gain credibility and secure contracts worth hundreds of pounds per post.
Times, Sunday Times
give credibility
In their quest for comfort, they give credibility to going out in a giant pair of slippers.
Times, Sunday Times
The actor has said that he will decline offers that are designed purely to give credibility to a bad film.
Times, Sunday Times
For staff members to feel good about themselves, you must give credibility to their positions in the eyes of the congregation.
Christianity Today
The former army chief needs a high turnout from the 60 million eligible voters to give credibility to his re-election.
Times, Sunday Times
He complained that unsustainable buildings were given credibility by the token addition of these relatively expensive devices.
Times, Sunday Times
hurt the credibility of
Their wishful thinking has hurt their credibility.
Times, Sunday Times
The issue hurt the credibility of the university, which placed pressure on the board to take action and remedy the situation.
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Police announcements gave conflicting numbers ranging from about 70,000 to 150,000 participants which was criticized among police officials themselves stating such announcements hurt the credibility of the department.
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Do you find that hurts your credibility?
Christianity Today
increase the credibility of
That way you touch a wide element of the congregation and increase your credibility.
Christianity Today
Many stations, citing an already poor public perception, want to increase their credibility.
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Member checking can be done during the interview process, at the conclusion of the study, or both to increase the credibility and validity (statistics) of a qualitative study.
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Any attempt to silence them increases their credibility.
Times, Sunday Times
This increased the credibility of their publications, because they could not be traced back to any official sources.
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instant credibility
He would have instant credibility in the dressing room.
The Sun
However, once he did apply, the other owners knew that he would lend the upstart league instant credibility and quickly approved his bid.
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The hiring drew national attention and brought instant credibility to the struggling program.
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With his running, passing, and punting ability, he brought them instant credibility.
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The deal totaled $2.7 million, and lent instant credibility to the new league.
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lack credibility
This leaves a vacuum all too often filled by academics and activists who lack credibility or just hate business.
Times, Sunday Times
They still lack a recognisable style, a shape, a passion, a captain, a leadership group, a single world-class player, and the team still lack credibility.
Times, Sunday Times
To have overreacted to these latest claims that, as yet, lack credibility would leave the game vulnerable to any crank call.
Times, Sunday Times
Independent lawyers and human rights groups say that the charges are political and lack credibility.
Times, Sunday Times
These statistics lack credibility, as they do not take into account the multiple factors influencing achievement.
Times, Sunday Times
lend credibility
Several of the villagers' stories, however, were exaggerated and thus did not lend credibility to their claims.
Christianity Today
The date and source of the article, and the professional credentials of the scientist all lend credibility to the information.
Christianity Today
Because books can lend credibility, many books are written.
Houston Chronicle
They can lend credibility and power.
Christianity Today
The three departments do not all report to the same senior manager, to prevent unethical practices and lend credibility to the process.
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lose credibility
We went too far down the comedy route and lost credibility.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Those who claim to know it all lose credibility.
Christianity Today (2000)
This will certainly lose credibility with your subject.
Austin, Valerie Self-Hypnosis (1994)
It was not the emotional pull that won the day, but because racial discrimination had now lost credibility in American jurisprudence.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
If you are writing about technical reports or important business issues, you will lose credibility if the message is not clear and succinct.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
maintain credibility
In order to maintain credibility amongst our team members, new curators join through recommendations of existing curators.
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No certification program can credibly claim to be best, and no certification program that promotes itself as the only certification option can maintain credibility.
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Turning down various offers in order to maintain credibility, they have vowed never again to play in public together.
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To maintain credibility, the speaker should be knowledgeable about the subject, sincere in his/her approach, enthusiastic and even relaxed.
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It has developed a choice following of both the rural and urban intelligentsia, maintaining credibility and an inclusive editorial voice.
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public credibility
This suggests that, in brand terms, his pledges on global poverty strain public credibility, but that his instincts are more trusted on the police.
Times, Sunday Times
Frequent taking of bribes among the remaining members of the militsiya has damaged the force's public credibility.
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Since then the zoo's administration has been restructured and the zoo has regained public credibility and scientific status.
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regain credibility
The costs of trying to regain credibility once it has been lost would be much higher.
Times, Sunday Times
Labour have a mountain to climb to regain credibility.
The Sun
And the party's hostility to business made it difficult to regain credibility.
Times, Sunday Times
Moreover, the timing of the incident works against the faction's own recent steps to regain credibility and win back international support.
Times, Sunday Times
Labour has failed spectacularly so far to regain credibility on the economy.
Times, Sunday Times
restore credibility
It also wants the creation of an independent honours commission, with political influence stripped out to restore credibility.
The Sun
How do we restore credibility and how long will that take?
Times, Sunday Times
His decision was a victory for diplomats desperate to restore credibility to the elections.
Times, Sunday Times
It had also been softened to state that publication of the report was 'a course of action that could restore credibility', rather than the only option.
Times, Sunday Times
Both will have to work hard to rebuild broken trust and restore credibility.
Globe and Mail
scientific credibility
However, he said that he had come through the controversy with his scientific credibility intact.
Times, Sunday Times
And yet despite these disasters and lack of scientific credibility, hail cannon have enjoyed something of a modern revival.
Times,Sunday Times
It also wanted to give its products added scientific credibility.
Times, Sunday Times
They may remain unproven for now, but for those who want to look into the future, they have a good deal more scientific credibility than horoscope charts and tarot cards.
Times, Sunday Times
Criteria tend to focus on three key areas scientific credibility, policy/social relevance and practical monitoring and data requirements.
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strain credibility
If we didn't know them to be true, the numbers would strain credibility.
Times, Sunday Times
The factual claims of many of the museum's exhibits strain credibility, provoking an array of interpretations from commentators.
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He insisted that he would still have opted against an early poll - an answer that strained credibility.
Times, Sunday Times
But this sombre note, coming after the show's prevailing tone of farce, strains credibility.
Times, Sunday Times
The data at hand indicate that while it strains credibility to suppose that these were airplanes, the possibility nonetheless can not be entirely ruled out.
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stretch the credibility
To add insult to injury (and stretch the credibility of the plot), he faked his own death and framed her in an elaborate insurance scam.
Times, Sunday Times
His excuses stretch all credibility.
Times, Sunday Times
You can see the new, unusual and innovative in everything you take on board today, and you will be more than pleased to stretch your credibility to the max.
The Sun
Translations:
Chinese: 可信性
Japanese: 信用性
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