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一提到credit這個詞，相信小伙伴們都不陌生。credit，最讓人感到熟悉的詞，就是credit card，也就是現在我們常用的信用卡。那么除了credit card，credit是否還有其他含義呢？讓我們一起來了解一下吧！
根據《Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English》，credit有以下幾種意思：
釋義1：DELAYED PAYMENT 推遲付款
an arrangement with a shop, bank etc that allows you to buy something and pay for it later
賒購；信貸
這個類似于我們現在流行的“白條”和“花唄”，就是賒購或信貸。大家來看以下舉例：
例1： What’s the credit limit on your Visa card?
你的維薩卡信用額度是多少？
例2：The store agreed to let him have credit.
商店同意他賒購。
當表示“貸款”、“賒購”或“信貸”時，credit還可以這樣使用：
on credit
Most new cars are bought on credit.
絕大多數新車都是貸款購買。
釋義2：Praise 贊揚
approval or praise that you give to someone for something they have done
因某人完成某事而給予其贊揚
例1：Credit must go to Fiona for making sure everything ran smoothly.
應該感激菲奧娜使一切得以順利進行。
當表示贊揚時，credit 可以和for 搭配使用，credit+for
例2：Credit for this win goes to everybody in the team.
這次勝利是隊里每個人的功勞。
此外，還可以這樣搭配：take/claim/deserve etc (the) credit
當我們想表示“某人值得贊揚或欽佩”時，我們也可以用to sb’s credit (=used to say that someone has done something good)來表示
釋義3：be a credit to sb/sth
to behave so well or be so successful that your family, team etc are proud of you
為某人/某事物增光
例1：She’s a credit to her profession.
她為自己的行業贏得了榮譽。
釋義4：savings in the bank account
存款
if you are in credit, there is money in your bank account
if you are out of credit, there is no money in your bank account.
釋義5：the credits(復數)
[plural,復數] a list of all the people involved in making a film or television programme, which is shown at the beginning or end of it
〔電影或電視節目片頭或片尾的〕全體演職員名單
釋義6：大學的學分
[C] a successfully completed part of a course at a university or college
學分
例1：I don’t have enough credits to graduate.
我學分不夠，還不能畢業。
釋義7：amount of money
Amount of money一筆錢
[C] an amount of money that is put into someone’s bank account or added to another amount
存入金額
如果是從賬戶中扣減的金額，那么就是debit
大家可以讀一讀下面的短文，里面會涉及很多credit，但是每個credit在不同的情境下都表達了不同的含義：
Jasmine and Lily took part in a commercial shooting. Their task was to make a short commercial. They need to buy some props. When they were at the store, they found out that the props are very expensive, and they decided to buy such goods on credit. All props costed 2,000 U.S. Dollars, and Lily found out that the credit limit on her Visa card is 1,000 U.S. Dollars. Jasmine said that she would pay such props, but found out that her bank account was out of credit. Finally, they overcame all the difficulties, and successfully completed the shooting. Their teacher was very proud of them and said they were a credit to the college. As the creditsrolled on the video, Jasmine and Lily noticed their names were absent. The director of the commercial had taken all the credit.
以上內容由專業英語翻譯公司-上海譯銳翻譯質控部成員Jacob編輯整理。