形容詞 credible:

1. capable of being believed
   同義詞：believable
2. a common but incorrect usage where `credulous' would be appropriate
3. appearing to merit belief or acceptance

1. It is hardly credible.
   這是難以置信的。
2. His defense, which seems credible on the evidence so far, is that the bank masked its skullduggery so completely that no regulator anywhere in the world could get a handle on it.
   他的辯詞(根據(jù)目前證據(jù)似乎可信)是：銀行把它的偷天換日的做法遮掩得天衣無逢，全世界任何地方的監(jiān)管人員都無法掌握。
3. Looks credible.
   看來可信。
4. It seems credible.
   這似乎是可信的。

cred.i.ble

adj.（形容詞）
Capable of being believed; plausible.See Synonyms at plausible
能被信任的；合理的參見 plausible
Worthy of confidence; reliable.
值得信任的；可信賴的

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Latin crôdibilis
源自 拉丁語 crôdibilis
from crôdere [to believe] * see kerd-
源自 crôdere [相信] *參見 kerd-

【引伸】
cred.ibleness
n.（名詞）
cred.ibly
adv.（副詞）
Credible is widely but incorrectly used where credulous would be appropriate, as inHe was credible (should be credulous ) enough to believe the manufacturer`s claims.
Credible 這一詞在應(yīng)該用 輕信的 這一詞時被廣泛而又不確切地使用了， 如在他太輕信任 （應(yīng)該是 credulous ) 以致于相信了制造商的聲明