Word · Frequency #1262
credit
把…归功于；认可…的贡献
To acknowledge someone as the source or contributor of something.
常用于 credit someone with something 结构
- 1.
To believe; to put credence in.
相信；信任。
- 2.
To add to an account.
记入账户。
- 3.
To acknowledge the contribution of.
承认...的贡献。
- 4.
To bring honour or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of.
为...带来荣誉或声誉；为...增光；提高对...的评价。
记入（账户）；存入；相信；信以为真；为…增光；为…带来荣誉；相信；信任。；记入账户。
In use
She credited her success to hard work and determination.
I find it hard to credit his story because it's so unbelievable.
We should credit the team for their excellent performance.
Verb forms
base credit · third person credits · -ing crediting · past credited · past participle credited
Connections
Collocations
- credit someone with something
- 把…归功于某人；认为某人有…
- The manager credited the sales team with doubling revenue.经理认为销售额翻倍是销售团队的功劳。
- credit something to someone
- 把…归功于某人；把…归于
- She credits her success to hard work.她把自己的成功归功于努力工作。
- credit an account with something
- 把（钱）记入账户；存入
- The bank credited my account with the refund.银行把退款存入了我的账户。
- credit a claim
- 相信（某说法）；信以为真
- It is hard to credit his claim.很难相信他的说法。
Idioms & figurative uses
- credit someone with something
- 认为某人有（某种品质）；把某事归功于某人I credit her with excellent judgment.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 credit 看成 cred + it：cred 像 credible（可信），it 是'它'，合起来'它可信'→相信；信用卡的 credit 是'记入账户'；把功劳 credit 给某人→归功。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：finance、news、academic writing、formal speech credit 作动词时，语域随含义和搭配变化：表示“把…归功于/认可贡献”（如 be credited with）多用于新闻、学术或工作场景；表示“记入账户”常见于金融和商务文本；表示“相信”则比较正式或略带书面色彩。使用时请根据场合选择正式程度。
Grammar Note
credit后常接with或to，表示归功于或把…记入贷方。
Pronunciation & Spelling
只有 edit 与 credit 完全押韵（credit /ˈkrɛdət/ 与 edit /ˈɛdət/ 的重读元音及后面的 /dət/ 相同）。debit 是近似押韵：它同样有 /ɛ/ 和结尾的 /ət/，但中间是 /b/。audit、habit、limit、visit 虽然拼写都以 -it 结尾，但重读元音或末尾辅音不同，不要按 credit 的读音类推。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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。
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