| 单词 | be a credit to somebody/something |
| 释义 | be a credit to somebody/something From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbe a credit to somebody/somethingbe a credit to somebody/something (also do somebody/something credit)BEHAVE to behave so well or be so successful that your family, team etc are proud of youShe’s a credit to her profession.Your children really do you credit. → creditExamples from the Corpusbe a credit to somebody/something• Jo's a credit to her profession.• Is their country going to be a credit to them?• The crowd were a credit to the game of golf.• His garden was a credit to him, too, and he grew flowers and potatoes.• I was a credit to the family and I was a disgrace to it.• Any excess over cost of replacement is credited to capital reserve or a specific asset replacement account.• Mr. Macfie also gave £400, the annual interest to be credited to the Sustentation Fund of the congregation.• To be a credit to the family was the justification for birth.• Equivalent sums would be credited to the enterprises' bank accounts, subject to verification that the money had been earned legally. |
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