credence
credence 英 [ˈkri:dns] 美 [ˈkridns]
n. 信任；凭证；祭器台（等于credence table，credenza）
名词复数:credences
- Credence means truthfulness, or believability. A video of a funnel cloud entering Central Park would give credence to rumors of a tornado in Manhattan.
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- n. 信任；凭证；祭器台（等于credence table，credenza）
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1. Ironically, then, whathelped to beat back Marxism also lent a kind of credence to its claims.
讽刺的是，帮助击退马克思主义的，同时赋予它的主张一种信任。
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2. Rumours about vaccines quickly gain credence in the internet hothouse, with sites feeding off each other.
随着网站之间的相互摄取，在热门网站接种疫苗的谣言迅速获得信任。
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3. Those who care about public reason are routinely shocked by opinion polls and surveys showing high levels of credence given to the idea of intelligent design.
关注公众理性的人通常会被民意测验和调查所显示的对于‘智慧设计论’的高度信任所震惊。
- credence (n.) "belief, trust in facts derived from other than personal knowledge; that which gives a claim to belief," mid-14c., from Medieval Latin credentia "belief," from Latin credentum (nominative credens), past participle of credere "believe, trust" (see credo).
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