credulity

noun

1. 轻信
   the ability or willingness to believe that sth is real or true
   1. The plot of the novel stretches credulity to the limit (= it is almost impossible to believe) .
      这部小说的情节几乎到了令人无法相信的地步。

1. N-UNCOUNT 轻信;易信
   Credulity is a willingness to believe that something is real or true.
   1. The plot does stretch credulity.
      这种情节确实让人难以置信。

1. The plot does stretch credulity.
   这种情节确实让人难以置信。
2. He is known for his credulity.
   他是个有名的棉花耳朵。
3. Say what you mean and correct yourself when you dont: if you mean regularly, dont say often; never confuse less and fewer; credulity and credibility are not interchangeable.
   把你真正想表达的意思说出来，没说对再更正：如果你想表达通常，那就别说经常；别把少量的和较少的搞混了；轻信和可信是不可互换的。
4. After "Kung Fu Panda," I thought I had just about exhausted my emergency supply of childlike credulity, but here is a film, like" Finding Nemo," that you can enjoy even if you've grown up.
   在“功夫熊猫”之后，我以为自己对小儿科的电影已提不起兴趣了，但是这本电影，就象《海底总动员》一样，就算你已长大了也能够乐在其中。
5. But that does not excuse investment banks if they took advantage of their clients 'credulity.
   但如果投行在利用客户的轻信，这并不能免除投行的责任。
6. What use were anger and protestations against her silly credulity?
   对于她那样痴心的轻信，愤怒和抗议又有什么用呢？
7. This strains credulity ever further.
   这将轻信又推进了一步。
8. But what counts as taking advantage of a child's natural credulity?
   但是，怎样才算是利用儿童的天生轻信呢？
9. Exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity.
   显示出孩子似的简单和易信。
10. Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom; youth is the season of credulity.
    在年老人的心中，信念是一株生长得很慢的树木，青年则是轻信的时代。
11. Don't stretch my credulity too far.
    不要过分滥用我的轻信。
12. Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength.& Charles Lamb.
    轻信他人是成人的弱点，却是孩子的优点。&查尔斯兰姆。
13. He has had a deserved luck in discovering a story whose details would strain credulity if presented as fiction, and which is yet convincing.
    算他走运，找到了一个故事，其中细节如果出以小说体裁，原是难以让人相信的。
14. He has practised upon my credulity.
    他利用我的轻信搞欺诈。
15. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch.
    他们有着真实的一面，是现今圆滑骗信之风所不能企及的。
16. To cheat or deceive or to practice trickery or deception. He has practised upon my credulity.
    哄骗欺骗或捉弄，诈取他利用我的轻信搞欺诈。
17. This was his harmless revenge for having occasionally had his credulity too easily engaged in america.
    他在美国有时过于轻信而上了当，因此现在作了这不含恶意的报复。
18. He has practised upon my credulity. Nobody will dare to cheat me.
    他利用我的轻信搞欺诈。再没有人敢欺诈我了。
19. A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.
    如果你有点轻信别人，你的生活就会更如意。
20. He derided its proponents as "half-scientist* half-charlatan", decried their" indefensible "conceptual basis, and ascribed their popularity to" extraordinary "American credulity.
    他嘲笑技术官僚是“一半科学家一半骗子”，嘲笑他们的“站不住脚的”概念基础，并归因于他们的流行是美国“特别”易受骗。
21. The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity.-Sidney, Philip
    诚实的人惟一不足是轻信。&锡德尼
22. They seem to equate intelligent belief with credulity.
    他们似乎将理性的信念和轻信视为同一回事。
23. This is life on the success of the three traps: the effect, credulity and greed. Friends, do you remember?
    这就是人生成功路上的三大陷阱：大意，轻信，贪婪。朋友，你记住了吗？
24. First, this was an age of credulity.
    首先，这是一个轻信的时代。
25. Libyans have had a long time to grow used to such ironies, but their credulity has lately been stretched anew.
    利比亚人民早就对这种荒唐事见怪不怪，但是他们轻信的毛病最近又重新抬头。
26. More important, however, is the way in which longer-term proposals from both sides stretch credulity.
    然而，更为重要的是两党较长期提案获取信任的方式。
27. This movie really stretches the credulity of the audience to the limit.
    这电影确实最大限度利用了观众的轻信。
28. I take it as a sign of monetary credulity.
    我则把这看作在金钱上轻信的表现。
29. The rascal lives on the credulity of the people.
    那个流氓靠行骗为生。

noun

1. tendency to believe readily