Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #6165
credential
授予证书；发给…资格证书
to provide with credentials
- 1.
to furnish with credentials
提供凭证
提供凭证
In use
The hospital credentials every new doctor before they can treat patients.
After passing the exam, the board credentialed her as a licensed nurse.
The agency is credentialing all volunteers for the upcoming event.
credential somebody/something
The hospital credentials all its volunteer doctors before they start work.
这家医院在其志愿医生开始工作前为他们提供执业凭证。
be credentialed
被动语态很常用，表示‘具备、获得某种资格或证明’。注意过去式也可拼作credentialled。
She is credentialed to teach advanced physics in this state.
她持有本州的高级物理教学资格证书。
Verb forms
base credential · third person credentials · -ing credentialing · past credentialed · past participle credentialed
动词表示“向…颁发凭证/提供资格证书”；过去式/过去分词和现在分词也可双写 l：credentialled、credentialling。
Common mistakes
The hospital credentialed the doctors with new badges.The hospital credentialed the doctors.
credential 是及物动词，意为“向…授予凭证”，直接跟被授予的人；with new badges 重复了凭证本身，属于多余，应删去。
The university credentials for its graduates.The university credentials its graduates.
受中文“为…提供凭证”的“为”影响，学习者常给 credential 后加 for，但英语中该动词必须直接接宾语，不能用 for 引出被授予的人。
Connections
Collocations
- credential a provider
- 对医疗服务提供者进行资质认证
- The hospital credentials each provider before assigning patients.医院在分配患者之前对每位医疗服务提供者进行资质认证。
- credentialed in emergency medicine
- 取得急诊医学从业资质
- She is credentialed in emergency medicine.她已取得急诊医学从业资质。
- credentialing process
- 资质认证流程
- The credentialing process took about a month.资质认证流程花了大约一个月。
- credentialing requirements
- 资质认证要求
- Applicants must meet the credentialing requirements.申请人必须满足资质认证要求。
Synonyms
- certify
- 证明；给…发证明（尤指资格证明） · certify 更强调官方确认资格或事实，不一定涉及颁发凭证；credential 则侧重授予凭证本身。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：credential里有cred，像credit（信任）；发放证书就是给他人的资格投信任票。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：professional licensing、healthcare credentialing、academic appointment 该动词用法通常出现在正式或专业语境中，多用于机构审查、资格认证等场景，日常口语中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 credential 押韵：从重读元音到词尾都是 /enʃəl/，拼写中也都带有 -ential。注意 essential 和 potential 的重读辅音虽不同，但韵脚相同，仍然押韵。credible /ˈkredəbəl/ 和 credence /ˈkriːdəns/ 拼写看似相关，但发音完全不同，不押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.