Word · Frequency #9585
discredit
不名誉；丧失名声；耻辱
核心释义
Loss of respect or honour; ill repute; disgrace.
- 1.
使失去信誉或不信任
Discrediting or disbelieving.
- 2.
损害声誉的人或事物
A person or thing that causes harm to a reputation, as of a person, family, or institution.
- 3.
被质疑或不被相信的状态
The state of being discredited or disbelieved.
- 4.
不名誉或不受尊重的程度；坏名声；责难
A degree of dishonour or disesteem; ill repute; reproach.
有损声誉的人（或事物）；丢脸的事；诋毁；怀疑；不信；失去信誉；被怀疑；不被信任；使失去信誉或不信任；损害声誉的人或事物
用法In use
His behavior brought discredit to the whole team.
用法提示：名词，表示丢脸、不名誉。
The scandal caused great discredit to the company's reputation.
用法提示：名词，表示对声誉的损害。
She felt that the accusation was a discredit to her integrity.
用法提示：名词，表示对名誉的贬低。
bring discredit on/upon sb/sth
表示使某人或某机构声誉受损，介词常用 on 或 upon。
His lies brought discredit on the whole department.
他的谎言使整个部门蒙受耻辱。
be a discredit to sb/sth
指某人或某事给集体带来坏名声，be 动词后接 a discredit。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- bring discredit on
- 给……带来耻辱
- His actions brought discredit on the entire team.他的行为给整个团队带来了耻辱。
- to the discredit of
- 有损……的名誉
- To the discredit of the government, it failed to address the crisis.有损政府名誉的是，它未能应对危机。
- be a discredit to
- 是……的耻辱
- Such behavior is a discredit to the profession.这种行为是职业的耻辱。
- cast discredit on
- 对……产生怀疑
- The scandal cast discredit on the company's management.丑闻使人们对公司管理层产生了怀疑。
- suffer discredit
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
拆解为dis（否定）+ credit（信用），意为‘失去信用’；也可联想‘dis’像‘弟死’——弟弟死了还被人怀疑，真丢脸。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、reputation discussion 作名词时多用于正式场合，指信用或名誉的丧失。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Words that genuinely rhyme with 'discredit' (matching stressed vowel /ɛ/ and coda /dɪt/): credit, accredit, edit. Words like debit, merit, explicit have similar spelling endings (-it) but different vowel sounds or consonant clusters, so they do not rhyme.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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