1. 1可信地;可靠地(修飾動詞:credibly claim = 有憑據地聲稱)

    Credibly is the adverb from credible: in a way people can believe, or to a degree that is . If a paper can credibly claim something, the claim is made in a way that holds up. If someone is credibly linked to a crime, there is enough serious reason to take the link seriously — it is not just gossip. It modifies a verb or a whole claim: speak credibly, report credibly, credibly threaten. It is a formal, news-and-essay word. In speech people more often say “in a way,” or they just use credible as an adjective.

core核心畫面

組成credible + -ly(把「可信的」變成「以可信的方式」)

同家族的字

  • crediblethe adjective this adverb is built from
  • credibilitythe noun: how believable something is

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

crediblyadv/ˈkɹɛdɪbli/

  • 1

    In a credible manner; believably.

    • A suitor can credibly signal his love for a woman by offering her an expensive and extravagant gift.
    • He was in a position to commit to a credibly conservative monetary policy.
  • 2

    Used to report the speaker's assessment of the credibility of a reported statement

    • He [Mayor Koch] says he better understands the limits of government; less credibly, he says he has mellowed.
    • His deep-set eyes and expression of general despair lend him a look of utter dissolution—very credibly, he is dying from sexual desire.

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