名词

1. Don't give credence to all the gossip you hear.
不要相信你听到的闲话。

1. 相信,可信赖：accredit 承认合格,授权,认为...属於,归因 | credence 相信,可信赖 | credentials 证件,介绍信

2. 凭证：creche 托儿所 | credence 凭证 | credendum 信条

3. 信任;凭证：creator 创始人 | credence 信任;凭证 | credibility 可靠性

1. (理论或故事的)可信性，真实性
If something lends or gives credence to a theory or story, it makes it easier to believe.

e.g. Good studies are needed to lend credence to the notion that genuine progress can be made in this important field.
需要进行认真的研究，以让人们相信在这一重要领域可以取得真正的进展。

2. 信任;相信
If you give credence to a theory or story, you believe it.

e.g. You're surely not giving any credence to this story of Hythe's?
你肯定不会相信海斯的说法吧？

noun

1. a kind of sideboard or buffet

Synonym: credenza

2. the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true

e.g. he gave credence to the gossip
acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years

Synonym: acceptance