credulity
美音:
[krı´du:lətı
]英音:
[krı´du:lətı
]n.易信,轻信
难易程度:
credulity为短语/超纲词汇
词根
cred=to believe(相信)
近义词, 同义词
credulity
/krɪ'dju:lətɪ; [US] -'du:-; krə`dulətɪ/
n [U] too great a readiness to believe things 轻信
*a statement which stretches/strains one's credulity to the limit, ie is almost impossible to believe 简直难以置信的陈述.
credulity
n[U]formal
willingness or ability to believe that something is true
Advertisers were accused of exploiting consumers' credulity.
strain/stretch credulity
(=seem very difficult to believe)
It strained credulity to believe that a nuclear war would not lead to the destruction of the planet.