英语词汇“to the credit of”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(b) Without quantifier, etc., to the credit of: so as to reflect well on, as a commendable aspect of. to one's credit: credited to one; as an achievement.

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1602 N. Breton Poste with Madde Packet Lett. I. sig. B2^v I aduise you to leave such courses, as are neither to your credit, nor my contentment.

1671 C. Wase tr. B. Priolo Hist. France x. 379 He returned to Munster, after he had brought the Provinces to be of one mind, which was to his credit.

1741 G. F. Secretary's Guide (new ed.) i. 12 Be double diligent in my Absence, that I may find all Things safe and well at my Return, and it will rebound to your Credit.

1785 J. Disney Mem. A. A. Sykes vi. 273 It surely is to the credit of the present age, that by a late act of parliament..several penal clauses in the former laws against papists are repealed.

1814 T. F. Dibdin Bibliotheca Spenceriana III. 331 Renouard has, to his credit, made the ‘amende honorable’; and given a tolerably copious account of the impression, from a copy in the collection of Count Trivulzio.

1885 Current (Chicago) 30 July 158/1 His ‘Fleeming Jenkin’ and his ‘Underwood’..are down for immediate publication; so that he will have two new books to his credit ere he embarks for your hospitable shores.

1920 H. Klein Reign of Patti x. 124 She read a good deal, and it may be noted to her credit that she cared only for good fiction.

1958 J. Wain Contenders ii. 32 It was the one courageous action he had to his credit, and he had been caned.

1964 R. D. Jacobs in R. C. Simonini Southern Writers (1969) ii. 34 Even with three volumes of verse to his credit, Poe at twenty-two was an unknown writer.

2007 Business & Commerc. Aviation (Nexis) May 9 To his credit, he drums skillfully.

单词	to the credit of
释义	> as lemmas to the credit of (b) Without quantifier, etc., to the credit of: so as to reflect well on, as a commendable aspect of. to one's credit: credited to one; as an achievement. ΚΠ 1602 N. Breton Poste with Madde Packet Lett. I. sig. B2^v I aduise you to leave such courses, as are neither to your credit, nor my contentment. 1671 C. Wase tr. B. Priolo Hist. France x. 379 He returned to Munster, after he had brought the Provinces to be of one mind, which was to his credit. 1741 G. F. Secretary's Guide (new ed.) i. 12 Be double diligent in my Absence, that I may find all Things safe and well at my Return, and it will rebound to your Credit. 1785 J. Disney Mem. A. A. Sykes vi. 273 It surely is to the credit of the present age, that by a late act of parliament..several penal clauses in the former laws against papists are repealed. 1814 T. F. Dibdin Bibliotheca Spenceriana III. 331 Renouard has, to his credit, made the ‘amende honorable’; and given a tolerably copious account of the impression, from a copy in the collection of Count Trivulzio. 1885 Current (Chicago) 30 July 158/1 His ‘Fleeming Jenkin’ and his ‘Underwood’..are down for immediate publication; so that he will have two new books to his credit ere he embarks for your hospitable shores. 1920 H. Klein Reign of Patti x. 124 She read a good deal, and it may be noted to her credit that she cared only for good fiction. 1958 J. Wain Contenders ii. 32 It was the one courageous action he had to his credit, and he had been caned. 1964 R. D. Jacobs in R. C. Simonini Southern Writers (1969) ii. 34 Even with three volumes of verse to his credit, Poe at twenty-two was an unknown writer. 2007 Business & Commerc. Aviation (Nexis) May 9 To his credit, he drums skillfully. extracted from creditn. < as lemmas
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