| 单词 | credulity |
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| 释义 | cre·du·li·ty /krɪˈdjuːləti $ -ˈduː-/ noun [uncountable] formal BELIEVEwillingness or ability to believe that something is true 轻信，易信 → incredulity Advertisers were accused of exploiting consumers’ credulity. 广告商被指责利用了客户对他们的轻信。strain/stretch credulity (=seem very difficult to believe) 难以相信 It strained credulity to believe that a nuclear war would not lead to the destruction of the planet. 说核战争不会导致地球毁灭是让人难以相信的。Examples from the Corpuscredulity• Faith and credulity, vision and delusion can only be distinguished provided that in case-studies the issue of ontology is kept alive.• His experience there may beg credulity.• Our interplanetary visitors might well be amazed at such foolish credulity.• But it would be straining credulity too far to expect that everything will be absorbed.• It strains credulity, I know, but there were nights in those years when no man was bad-looking.• It may stretch credulity to the point that signs of real abuse are overlooked.• And, quite frankly, it strains the credulity of those who are asked to believe that it exists.• It was once again proved that the credulity of trainees knew no bounds.strain/stretch credulity• It strains credulity to think they could beat San Francisco and Dallas on the road.• It strains credulity, I know, but there were nights in those years when no man was bad-looking.• It may stretch credulity to the point that signs of real abuse are overlooked.• If anything, Letterman thinks, these women have a compulsion to reach a higher plane of conversation that strains credulity.cre·du·li·ty nounChineseSyllable something Corpus willingness believe to or ability that |
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