/'kredɪt; `krɛdɪt/
n
1 (a) [U] permission to delay payment for goods and services until after they have been received; system of paying in this way 赊购; 赊购制度
*refuse/grant sb credit 拒绝[允许]某人赊购物品
* No credit is given at this shop, ie Payment must be in cash. 本店概不赊欠.
* I bought it on credit, ie did not have to pay for it until some time after I got it. 我以赊购方式买下了它.
* High interest rates make credit expensive. 由于利率很高, 赊购并不划算.
* give sb six months' interest-free credit, ie allow sb to pay within six months, without adding an extra charge for interest 给予某人六个月的无息赊欠期
* [attrib 作定语] a credit period, agreement, limit 赊欠期限、协议、限额.
(b) [U] sum of money in sb's bank account （某人银行帐户中的）存款数额
*How much do I have to my credit? ie How much money is in my account? 我帐上有多少存款?
* Your account is in credit, ie There is money in it. 你的帐上有余额.
* [attrib 作定语] I have a credit balance of 250. 我帐上有250英镑的存款余额.
(c) [C] sum of money lent by a bank, etc; loan （银行等的）借款; 贷款
*The bank refused further credits to the company. 银行拒绝再向这家公司提供贷款.
(d) [C] (in bookkeeping) (written record of a) payment received （簿记中的）付方, 贷方
*Is this item a debit or a credit? 这笔帐属于借方还是属于贷方? Cf 参看 debit.
2 [U] ~ (for sth) praise; approval; recognition (used esp with the vs shown) 称赞; 赏识; 表扬（尤与以下示例中的动词连用）
*He got all the credit for the discovery. 这一发现全都归功于他了.
* I can't take any credit; the others did all the work. 我不能接受任何荣誉, 所有的工作都是别人做的.
* She was given the credit for what I had done. 事情是我做的, 她却受到称赞.
* At least give him credit for trying, ie praise him, even though he did not succeed. 至少也应该肯定他敢于尝试（虽未取得成功也该给予表扬）.
* Give credit where it's due. 该表扬就给予表扬.
* There was little credit for those who had worked hardest. 几乎没表扬那些工作最努力的人.
* His courage has brought great credit to/reflects credit on (ie gives a good reputation to) his regiment. 他很勇敢使他所在的团大为增光.
3 [U] belief; trust; confidence 相信; 信任; 信赖
*The rumour is gaining credit, ie More and more people believe it. 相信那谣言的人越来越多了.
* Recent developments lend credit to (ie strengthen belief in) previous reports. 最近的事态发展说明先前的报道是可靠的.
4 credits [pl] (also credit titles) list of actors, director, cameramen, etc who worked on a film, TV programme, etc, shown at the beginning or end 片头字幕, 片尾字幕（在电影、电视节目等的片头或片尾所显示的演员、导演、摄制人员等的名单）.
5 [C] (US education 教) entry on a record showing that a student has completed a course 学分
*gain credits in Math and English 取得数学课和英语课的学分.
6 [sing] addition to the reputation or good name of sb/sth 为某人[某事物]增光
*This brilliant pupil is a credit to his teachers. 这名优秀生为老师增了光.
7 (idm 习语) be to sb's credit; do sb credit; do credit to sb/sth make sb worthy of praise 使某人值得赞扬
*Jack, to his credit, refused to get involved. 杰克好就好在拒不参与.
* It is greatly to your credit that you gave back the money you found; your honesty does you credit. 你拾金不昧是非常难能可贵的; 你很诚实, 应该受表扬.
* His improved performance does credit to his trainer. 他的表演有进步, 这应该归功于他的教练.
* It does her credit that she managed not to get angry. 她沉住气没发脾气, 这是值得称赞的. have sth to one's credit have achieved sth 完成某事物
*He is only thirty, and already he has four films to his credit, ie he has made four films. 他才三十岁, 却已拍过四部影片了.

/'kredɪt; `krɛdɪt/
v
1 [Tn.pr] ~ sb/sth with sth; ~ sth to sb/sth
(a) believe that sb/sth has sth; attribute sth to sb/sth 认为某人[某事物]有某事物; 把某事物归功于某人[某事物]
*Until now I've always credited you with more sense. 在这以前, 我一直都认为你不至如此糊涂.
* The relics are credited with miraculous powers. 这些早期遗物被认为具有神奇的力量.
* Miraculous powers are credited to the relics. 人们认为这些早期遗物具有神奇的力量.
(b) record an amount as being paid into sb's bank account 把金额记入某人银行帐户的贷方
*credit a customer with
8 把8英镑记入客户贷方
* credit
8 to a customer/an account 在客户[帐户]的贷方记入8英镑.
2 [Tn] (used mainly in questions and negative sentences 主要用于疑问句及否定句) believe (sth) 相信（某事物）
*Would you credit it? ie It is incredible. 你相信吗?
* I can barely credit what she said. 我简直不能相信她的话.