| 单词 | credible |
| 释义 | credible (once / 220 pages) 1adj 2adj Someone who's credible is honest and believable. A pathological liar, for example, might not be the most credible witness for your case against the bank robber. Similar to words like reliable and plausible, credible is an adjective that comes to us from the Latin credibilis, meaning “worthy to be believed.” A credible reputation is often earned through consistent good behavior and an overall trustworthy personality. Spill a secret you promised to keep, or lie under oath in a courtroom, and you lose all credibility. WORD FAMILYcredible: credibility, credibleness, crediblest, credibly, incredible+/credibility: credibilities/incredibility: incredibilities/incredible: incredibility, incredibleness, incredibly USAGE EXAMPLESAnd otherwise credible professionals like the lawyer David Boies remain on the company’s board. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) In each case, U.N. officials soon determined that the allegations against the soldiers and their units were credible enough to send them home. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) Cuba publishes few credible economic statistics, but experts expect the country to end this year with gross domestic product growth of 1 percent or less. Seattle Times(Dec 25, 2016) 1 1adj capable of being believed completely credible testimony credible information Syn|Ant believable likely within the realm of credibility presumptiveaffording reasonable grounds for belief or acceptance plausibleapparently reasonable and valid, and truthful thinkablecapable of being conceived or imagined or considered incredible, unbelievable beyond belief or understanding flimsy, unconvincingnot convincing astounding, dumbfounding, dumfoundingbewildering or striking dumb with wonder fabulousbarely credible improbable, marvellous, marvelous, talltoo improbable to admit of belief undreamed, undreamed of, undreamt, undreamt of, unimaginednot imagined even in a dream incredulousnot disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving implausiblehaving a quality that provokes disbelief unthinkableincapable of being conceived or considered 2adj appearing to merit belief or acceptance 2a credible witness Syn convincing causing one to believe the truth of something adj (a common but incorrect usage where `credulous' would be appropriate) credulous she was not the... credible fool he expected Syn credulous disposed to believe on little evidence |
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