- Credo is Latin for, literally, "I believe," and originally meant a particular religious belief. Now it has the far broader meaning of any system of principles that guide a person or group.
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- n. 信条，教义
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1. Not exactly the capitalist credo you might pick up in business school.
你在商学院学到的资本主义信条，在这里未必管用。
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2. That was Jobs’s credo, and until he saw it his perfectionism kept him on edge.
这是乔布斯的信条，在他看到之前，他的完美主义将他逼到悬崖边上。
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3. That may be his greatest lesson to posterity, the best response he had to the limits of his talent and what the fates dealt him, and an endearing credo, which mitigates somewhat his pathos.
这可能是他留给后人的最伟大的一课，这是对他极端的天赋和命运的安排所作的最好的回应，一条令人钟爱的信条，这从某种程度上减轻了他的痛苦。
- credo (n.) early 13c., "the Creed in the Church service," from Latin credo "I believe," the first word of the Apostles' and Nicene creeds, first person singular present indicative of credere "to believe," from PIE compound *kerd-dhe- "to believe," literally "to put one's heart" (source also of Old Irish cretim, Irish creidim, Welsh credu "I believe," Sanskrit śrad-dhā- "faith, confidence, devotion"), from PIE root *kerd- "heart." The nativized form is creed. General sense of "formula or statement of belief" is from 1580s.
credo / ˈkriːdəʊ ; NAmE ˈkriːdoʊ / / ˈkreɪdəʊ ; NAmE ˈkreɪdoʊ / noun ( plural credos ) ( formal) a set of beliefs 信条 SYN creed credo credos credo / ˈkriːdəʊ ; NAmE ˈkriːdoʊ /
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