credible

credible
adjective
  1. able to be believed; convincing
    可信的;令人信服的
    few people found his story credible.
    没什么人觉得他的故事可信。
    a credible witness.
    可靠的见证人。
    ■capable of persuading people that something will happen or be successful
    有说服力的;可信的
    a credible threat.
    极可能发生的威胁。
派生
credibly
adverb
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Latin credibilis, from credere 'believe'
用法
  1. Confusion often arises between the words credible and creditable. Credible chiefly means ‘able to be believed; convincingfew people found his story crediblewhile creditable means ‘deserving acknowledgement and praise but not necessarily outstandinga very creditable 2–4 defeat
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