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Discredit means to cause mistrust or cast the accuracy of something into doubt. If you say that schooling is important to you, but you never study, your actions discredit you and your words.
You discredit what someone says when you choose not to believe it. You can discredit the rumors going around about your boyfriend if you are sure of his love. On a more personal level, you discredit people when you cast their authority or reputation into doubt. If you're running a tough race for class president, your opponent may try to discredit you by talking about your failures or even making up lies about you. But this would be to the discredit of your opponent — his or her own reputation would suffer for this bad behavior.
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单词用法
词根词缀
词根: cred
=believe/trust,表示”相信,信任”
adj.
credible 可靠的,可信的cred相信+ible能……的→adj.可靠的,可信的
credulous 轻信的,易信的cred相信,信任+ulous多……的→相信太多→轻信的
incredulous 怀疑的, 不轻信的in不+credulous[adj.轻信的,易信的]→adj.怀疑的, 不轻信的
n.
credence 相信;信用cred相信,信任+ence表名词→相信
credit 学分cred相信,信任+it表抽象名词→ n.&v.信任;贷款;n.学分
credntial 凭据;[复]国书cred相信,信任+ential表形容词或名词→让人相信的东西→凭据
credulity 易信, 轻信credulous[[adj.轻信的,易信的]]→n.易信, 轻信
incredulity 怀疑in不+credulity[n.易信, 轻信]→n.怀疑
n.&v.
credit 信任;贷款cred相信,信任+it表抽象名词→ n.&v.信任;贷款;n.学分
v.
accredit 委任;信任ac给予+credit[ n.&v.信任;贷款;n.学分]→给予相信→委托
discredit 不信任,怀疑dis不+credit[ n.&v.信任;贷款;n.学分]→v.不信任,怀疑