credulity

Word family adjectivecredulousadverbcredulouslynouncredulitycredulousness

cre·du·li·ty /krɪˈdjuːləti $ -ˈduː-/ noun [uncountableU] 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 Corpus

credulity• 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.

词汇	credulity
释义	credulity Word family adjectivecredulousadverbcredulouslynouncredulitycredulousness cre·du·li·ty /krɪˈdjuːləti $ -ˈduː-/ noun [uncountableU] 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 Corpus credulity• 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.
随便看	on alert for sb on alert for somebody on alert for something on alert for sth on a lighter note on a lighter note/in a lighter vein on all counts on all fours on all/several/both etc counts on all sides on-and-off on and off on a need-to-know basis on an equal footing on an even keel on a par on a par with on a par with something on a par with sth on approval on a razor edge on a razor's edge on arm on a roll on a shoestring 无底无底洞无废技术无度无庸无庸置疑无庸讳言无庸赘述无异无当无形无形中无形之中无形出口无形损耗无形无影无形眼镜无形资产无形镜无影手术灯无影无形无影无踪无影灯无往无往不利