1ADJ-GRADED 可信的;可靠的Credible means able to be trusted or believed. 可信的;可靠的
Baroness Thatcher's claims seem credible to many. [+ to]
撒切尔女男爵的主张在很多人看来是可信的。
But in order to maintain a credible threat of intervention, we have to maintain a credible alliance.
然而,为了保持确实有效的干预威胁,我们必须维持可靠的联盟。
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Ministers can equally credibly claim that the opposition is to blame.
部长们也能同样令人信服地宣称,反对派应该受到指责。
2ADJ-GRADED (候选人、政策、体系等)有望成功的 A credible candidate, policy, or system, for example, is one that appears to have a chance of being successful. (候选人、政策、体系等)有望成功的
Mr Robertson would be a credible candidate.
罗伯逊先生将是可能当选的候选人之一。
The challenge before the opposition is to offer credible alternative policies for the future.
摆在反对党面前的挑战是如何为未来发展提出其他可行性政策。
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He was the only figure who could credibly run the country.
VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤appear, be, seem看上去可信;可信;顯得可信▸➤become變得可信▸➤make sth使⋯可信▸➤find sth認為⋯可信◇I'm not sure that I find her story credible.我不能確定她的敍述是否可信。ADVERB➤highly, very高度/非常可信▸➤completely, fully, quite完全/十分/相當可信◇You need imagination to make what you write fully credible.要使你寫的東西完全可信需要具有想像力。➤barely, hardly, scarcely (especially BrE) 幾乎不可信◇It seems hardly credible that anyone could have walked so far in a day.一個人能在一天之內走那麼遠,令人難以相信。