每日一詞根CRED(IT) "to believe or trust"

每天學習一個詞根，詞彙輕鬆突破5000+

詞根CRED來自拉丁語credere "to believe", From PIE compound *kerd-dhe- "to believe". 它的變體形式有creed和cre, 同義詞根還有來自於拉丁語fid[fi, fy, feal, feder]比如fide(相信)和撒克遜語言tru(tro) 比如trust(相信)

credit ['krɛdɪt] n. 信用，信譽；[金融] 貸款；學分；信任；聲望 vt. 相信，信任；把…歸給，歸功於；讚頌

● CET6 TEM4 IELTS TOEFL GRE 考 研

●拆: credit -> to believe or trust -> 信任; 相信

●拓展

creditable ['krɛdɪtəbl] adj. 可信的；聲譽好的；值得稱讚的

●詞源

credit (n.)

1520s, from Middle French crédit (15c.) "belief, trust," from Italian credito, from Latin creditum "a loan, thing entrusted to another," from past participle of credere "to trust, entrust, believe" (see credo).

discredit [dɪs'krɛdɪt] vt. 不信；使……丟臉 n. 懷疑；無信用；名聲的敗壞

● CET6 TEM8 GRE

●拆: dis(the opposite of)+credit(trust) -> 失去信任; 不相信, 懷疑

●拓展

discreditable [dɪsˈkredɪtəbl] adj. 丟臉的；不名譽的；有損信用的；敗壞名聲的

●詞源

discredit (v.)

1550s, from dis- "opposite of" + credit (v.). Related: Discredited; discrediting; discreditable; discreditably.

credible ['krɛdəbl] adj. 可靠的，可信的

● CET6 TEM4 IELTS GRE

●拆: cred(to believe)+ible(adj 後綴 capable of ) -> 可信任的; 可靠的

●拓展

credibility [,krɛdə'bɪləti] n. 可信性；確實性

●詞源

credible (adj.)

"believable," late 14c., from Latin credibilis "worthy to be believed," from credere (see credo). Related: Credibly.

credulous ['krɛdʒələs] adj. 輕信的；因輕信而產生的

● TEM4 GRE

●拆: cred(to believe) + ul + ous(adj後綴 apt to) -> 傾向於相信的 -> 易受騙的

●拓展

credulity [krɪ'duləti] n. 輕信；易受騙

incredulous [ɪn'krɛdʒələs] adj. 懷疑的；不輕信的 TEM8

●例句

Credulous attitude will only make you take anything for granted.

輕信的態度只會使你想當然

●詞源

credulous (adj.)

1570s, from Latin credulus "that easily believes, trustful," from credere "to believe" (see credo). Related: Credulously; credulousness.

accredit [ə'krɛdɪt] vt. 授權；信任；委派；歸因於

● TEM8 TOEFL

●拆: ac(ad: to)+credit(to trust) -> 信任; 相信

●拓展

accreditation [ə'krɛdə'teʃən] n. 委派；信賴；鑑定合格

●詞組

a letter of accreditation

一份合格證明書

●例句

This degree programme is fully accredited by the Institution of Electrical Engineers.

這個學位課程是經英國電機工程師學會完全認可的

●詞源

accredit (v.)

1610s, from French accréditer, from à "to" (see ad-) + créditer "to credit" (someone with a sum), from crédit "credit" (see credit (n.)). Related: Accredited; accrediting.

credence ['kridns] n. 信任；憑證；祭器臺（等於credence table，credenza）

● GRE TOEFL

●拆: cred(to believe)+ence(n後綴 the act) -> 相信; 信任

●拓展

credential [krə'dɛnʃl] n. 證書；憑據；國書

●詞源

credence (n.)

mid-14c., from Medieval Latin credentia "belief," from Latin credentum (nominative credens), past participle of credere "believe, trust" (see credo).

credo ['krido] n. 信條，教義

● GRE

●拆: credo(credere的第一人稱) -> 信條; 座右銘

●詞源

credo (n.)

late 12c., from Latin, literally "I believe," first word of the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds, first person singular present indicative of credere "to believe," from PIE compound *kerd-dhe- "to believe," literally "to put one's heart"

creed [krid] n. 信條，教義

● CET6 TEM4

●拆: creed(trust) -> 信任

●詞源

creed (n.)

Old English creda "article or statement of Christian belief," from Latin credo "I believe" (see credo). Broadening 17c. to mean "any statement of belief."

miscreant ['mɪskrɪənt] adj. 異端的；邪道的；極惡的 n. 異端；惡棍；罪大惡極之人

● GRE

●拆: mis(mes: wrongly)+cre(credit)+ant(adj/n後綴) -> 信仰錯誤的人 -> 罪大惡極的人; 邪道的

miscreant (adj.)

c. 1300, "non-Christian, pagan, infidel;" early 15c., "heretical, unbelieving," from Old French mescreant "disbelieving" (Modern French mécréant), from mes- "wrongly" (see mis- (2)) + creant, present participle of creire "believe," from Latin credere (see credo).

recreant ['rɛkrɪənt] n. 懦夫；叛徒 adj. 膽小的；怯懦的；不忠的

●拆: re(again)+cre(trust)+ant(n/adj後綴) -> 一再的表示信仰 -> 不忠的; 叛徒

壹 句

Make some actual use of your life.

用你的生命去做一些真正有意義的事情吧

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