Credential



GRE Barron 考研

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 某人可以信任的证明; 凭据
• ［英］ 某人可以信任的证明
• ［记］ cred ( 相信, 信任) +ential ( 表形容词或名词) -> 让人相信的东西 -> 凭据

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Date: 15th century
• warranting credit or confidence — used chiefly in the phrase credential letters

II. noun

• Date: 1655
• 1. something that gives a title to credit or confidence; also qualification 3a
• 2. plural testimonials or certified documents showing that a person is entitled to credit or has a right to exercise official power
• 3. certificate, diploma

III. transitive verb (-tialed; also -tialled; -tialing; also -tialling)

• Date: 1888
• to furnish with credentials <to credential adequate academic performance — K. Patricia Cross

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