Credence

['kriːd(ə)ns] or ['kridns]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true; 'he gave credence to the gossip'; 'acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years'.

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解釋/意思:

(n.) Reliance of the mind on evidence of facts derived from other sources than personal knowledge; belief; credit; confidence.

(n.) That which gives a claim to credit, belief, or confidence; as, a letter of credence.

(n.) The small table by the side of the altar or communion table, on which the bread and wine are placed before being consecrated.

(n.) A cupboard, sideboard, or cabinet, particularly one intended for the display of rich vessels or plate, and consisting chiefly of open shelves for that purpose.

(v. t.) To give credence to; to believe.

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同義詞及近義詞：

n. Belief, credit, trust, faith, confidence, reliance.

整理:蒂娜

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Belief, faith, trust, credit, confidence

ANT:Disbelief, distrust, denial

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解釋/意思:

n. belief: trust: the small table beside the altar on which the bread and wine are placed before being consecrated.—n. Creden′dum a thing to be believed an act of faith:—pl. Credenda.—adjs. Crē′dent easy of belief; Creden′tial giving a title to belief or credit.—n. that which entitles to credit or confidence: (pl.) esp. the letters by which one claims confidence or authority among strangers.—ns. Credibil′ity Cred′ibleness.—adj. Credible (kred′-) that may be believed.—adv. Cred′ibly.—n. Cred′it belief: esteem: reputation: honour: good character: sale on trust: time allowed for payment: the side of an account on which payments received are entered: a sum placed at a person's disposal in a bank on which he may draw to its amount.—v.t. to believe: to trust: to sell or lend to on trust: to enter on the credit side of an account: to set to the credit of.—adj. Cred′itable trustworthy: bringing credit or honour.—n. Cred′itableness.—adv. Cred′itably.—ns. Cred′itor one to whom a debt is due:—fem. Cred′itrix; Crē′do the Creed or a musical setting of it for church services; Credū′lity credulousness: disposition to believe on insufficient evidence.—adj. Cred′ulous easy of belief: apt to believe without sufficient evidence: unsuspecting.—adv. Cred′ulously.—ns. Cred′ulousness; Creed a summary of articles of religious belief esp. those called the Apostles' Nicene and Athanasian: any system of belief.

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