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credence

/kreed-ns/US // ˈkrid ns //UK // (ˈkriːdəns) //

信任,信誉,信仰,信心

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : belief as to the truth of something: to give credence to a claim.
    • : something giving a claim to belief or confidence: letter of credence.
    • : Also called credence table, credenza. Ecclesiastical. a small side table, shelf, or niche for holding articles used in the Eucharist service.
    • : Furniture. credenza.

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Examples

  • This was a movement we launched through broad public media-awareness campaigns and advocacy, and it gained credence with technology designers, concerned parents, and students.

  • Certainly, Brent Leary, lead analyst at CRM Essentials sees Taylor gaining increasing responsibility as time goes along, giving credence to the idea.

  • The question is whether it’s substantial enough to launch an effort that gives credence to suspicions that it actually mattered — or could matter.

  • Media analyst Matthew Ball made the comparison back in March and the latest record-breaking event on Fortnite gives credence to that.

  • The study presents another finding that lends credence to these scenarios.

  • Oleksiy Kosarev, leader of a local anti-corruption organization, lent some credence to this conception.

  • This seemed to give credence to long-held suspicions that there is much less of a gender pay gap than a mommy gap.

  • Valente lends some credence to the description of the Ndrangheta being the most powerful organized crime group in the world.

  • Well, I am the person who gives credence to their bragging that we are a band that is “hard listening.”

  • An emergency government announcement appeared to give credence to the story.

  • Mr. Gryce surveyed the young man with admiration, but was not yet disposed to yield him entire credence.

  • He heard the bishop's words regarding the King's intention, yet hesitated to give them credence.

  • A credence in ghosts is profound in Japan, and it resembles, in every respect, that which has been so long current in Europe.

  • The only witnesses against her were Janet and Elizabeth Device, neither of whom was worthy of credence.

  • Feeling thus, they still placed some credence in any rumors that came.