[mass noun]belief in or acceptance of something as true 相信;确信;接受 psychoanalysis finds little credence among laymen. 外行人很少相信心理分析。 ■the likelihood of something being true; plausibility 真实可能性;貌似可信 being called upon by the media as an expert lends credence to one's opinions. 被媒体称作专家会增加其观点的可信度。
[usu. as modifier]a small side table, shelf, or niche in a church for holding the elements of the Eucharist before they are consecrated (教堂的)祭器台;供桌;餐具柜 a credence table. 供桌,置放圣餐的小桌。
常用词组 give credence to
accept as true 相信;接受;信任
语源
Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin credentia, from Latin credent- 'believing', from the verb credere