SAT高频词汇3--credulous

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credulous和它的反义词incredulous都有很高的出镜频率,尤其是在文学类篇章中,其次是在历史类篇章中。另外,涉及到作者态度题目的选项中也可能出现。

可汗学院文学类篇章The Gossip of Valley View中有一句话:

Yet Dan, credulous as he was, could not believe it all at once.

16年十月亚太卷历史类篇章Thomas Paine的Common Sense 中的一句:

...with a low papistical design of gaining an unfair bias on the credulous weakness of our minds.

以及关于作者观点态度的选项中,如:

He is incredulous over its swift decline.

及(His attitude shift from)incredulous to indifferent.

credulous ,形容词,意为轻信的,易受骗的,即too ready to believe things and therefore easy to trick

同义词gullible; 名词credulity 轻信

incredulous意为不能相信的,表示怀疑的,即not willing or not able to believe sth; showing an inability to believe sth

eg. an incredulous look 怀疑的神色

eg. He laughed incredulously 他怀疑地大笑起来

顺便一起来看下几个相关词汇:

credence:

真实性,可信性 eg. Historical evidence lends credence to his theory.

信任 eg. They could give no credence to the finds of the survey.

credentials 资格,资历 eg. He has all the credentials for the job.

credibility 可信性,可靠性 eg. to gain/lose/lack credibility

credible 可信的 eg. a credible explanation/witness

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