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ere,ative accounting noun [u] (disapproving) a way of doing or presenting the accounts of a business that might not show what the true situation really is 仓ij 造性 做账（指用取巧等的方法入账） cre-ator /kri'eita{r)/ noun 1 [C] a person who has made or invented a particular thing 创造者；创_:作者；发明 者：Disney, the creator 〇/ Mickey Mouse 沃尔特•

迪斯尼       米春鼠的创作者2 the Creator [sing.] God

造物主；上帝；天主 crea-ture /*kri:tja(r)/ noun

1                   a living thing, real or imaginary, that can move around, such as an animal 生物；动物：TTie dormouse is a shy, noctumaZ creature.餐—鼠秦一种在夜间活动的 胆小动杨。◊ respect/or aH Kvfn^ creatures 对所有有生 命物的尊重◊ strange creatures介om outer space 来自外 —空丨怪物 2 (especially following an adjective 尤置 于形容词后）a person, considered in a particular way (具W某种_征W )人：Ybu pathetic creature/ 你这可4 的家伙！ 〇 She was an exotic creature with long red hair and briHicmt green eyes.她长着红色长发、明亮碧眼，是 个少见的大美人。◊ He always goes to bed at ten—he’s a creature of habit (= he likes to do the same things at the same time every day).他总在十点钟上床睡觉，是个 严守生活习惯的人。frn?l a/the creature of sb丨sb’s creature (formal, disapproving) a person or thing that depends completely on sb else and is controlled by them傀儡

.creature comforts noun [pi.] all the things that make life, or a particular place, comfortable, such as good food, comfortable furniture or modern equipment 使人

舒适的所有东西（如食物、家具或现代化设备）；物质 拿受.

creche (also creche) /kreJV /?own 1 (8r£) a place where babies and small children are taken care of while their parents are working, studying, shopping, etc.日托托JL 2 (NAm£) = crib(3) — compare day nursery cred /kred/ noun [U] = street cred cre-dence /'krirdns/ noun [U] (formal) 1 a quality that an idea or a story has that makes you believe it is true 可信性；真实性：■ Jfistoricai evidence Zends credence to his t/ieo/y.史学根据使他的理论更为可信。2 belief in sth as true 信任;.搶念：They could give no credence to the Endings ojF the survey.他们不相信这次调查的结 果。◊ AZtemative. medicine has been gaining credence (=becoming more widely accepted) recently•近来替代 疗法越来越得到大众的认可。

cre-den-fial /kra'denjl/ verb [VN] {NAm£) to provide sb with credentials提供证明书（或证件） cre.den.tials /kra.denjlz/ now/7 [pi.] 1 〜（as/for sth) the qualities, training or experience that make you suitable to do sth 资格；资历：ffe has aH the credentia/s /or the job•他做这项工_完全够格。◊ She vviM/irst have to estabtoh her leadership credentials•她得首免证明她有担 任领导的资格。2 documents such as letters that prove that you are who you claim to be, and can therefore be trusted资格证书；证明书；证件 cred ibii-ity /.kreda'bilati/ noun [U] the quality that sb/sth has that makes people believe or trust them pJ 信性；可靠性：to gafrv^ac^/Zose credibility 获取 / 缺乏 / 失去信任◊ The prosecution did its best to undermine the credibility 0/the witness•原告竭力削弱证人的可信性。，◊ Newspapers were talking of a credibility gap between what he said and what Zie did.各家报纸都在议论他言行 不—」一see also street cred cred-ible /'kredabl/ adj. 1 that can be believed or trusted.可备的；可龠的 HSG3 convincing: a credible expkination/wfmess 可信的解释/证人 o/tis just not crediWe thatshe wouZd dieat    ■行骗简直难以置信。

2                   that can be accepted, because it seems possible that it could be successful (因看似可能成功而）可接受的 0QZI viable ： Community service is seen as the only credible alternative to imprisonment

动被看作是唯一可接受的选择。► cred.ib丨y /-abli/ fldv.: We can credibly describe the band^ latest album as their best yet.我们完全可以说，这支乐队的最新专辑是他们迄 今的最佳作品。

Credit tH* /'kredit/ noun, verb

* noun

3                   BUY NOW-PAY LATEfe ； 1 [U] an arrangement that you make, with a shop/store fca- example, to pay later for sth you buy 赊购；除欠：to get/re/use credit 允许 / 拒 绝赊购◊ We bought the dishwasfter on credit•我们賒购 了 一台洗碗机。◊ to 〇你「mterest-介ee credit |= allow sb to pay later, without any extra charge)提供免息赊购 ◊ a credit agreement 信贷你定』◊ credit/aciifties/terms

_ 信贷业务；賒欠期◊ Vour credit iimft is now £2 000.你 的信用额度现在为2 000英镑。◊ He’s a bad credit risk (=he is unlikely to pay the money later).他有欠账不还 的危险。一compare hire purchase

4                   MONEY BORROWED f； 2 [U, C] money that you borrow from a bank; a loan (从备行丨昔的）借款；贷參：The bank refused further credit to the company,

给那家公司提供贷款。3 [U] the status of being trusted to pay back money to sb who lends it to you (借钱偿 还囟；信誉，信用：Her credit isn’t good anywhere now. 她借钱不还，弄得声名狼藉。

5                   MONEY |N BANK f!' ； 4 [U] if you or your bank

account are in credit, there is money in the account 结余 5 [C, U] a sum of money paid into a bank account; a record of the payment (符入银行账户的）存款金额， 贷记：a credit 〇/£50 * 50 矣镑的贷记◊ be paid by direct credit into your banfc account.给你的付款将直 接贷iB你方银行账户。EE3 debit

6                   MONEY BACK 返问的’6 [C, U] (fcdw/ca/ 术语)a payment that sb has a. right to for a particular reason 有权条要的 款项：a tax credit课税扣除

7                   PRAISE j: 7 [U] ~ (for sth) praise or approval because you are responsible for sth good that has happened 赞扬；称赞；认可：Jfe’s a pZayer who mreZy seems to get the credit he deserves.他这个选手好像很少得到应得的考 扬。◊ J can’t tafce aH the credit/or the show’s success—it was a team e#ort.演出成功不能都算成我一个人的功劳， 这是集体努力的结果。◊ VV^e did aH the worfc and she gets aZZ the cred㈨工作都是我们干的，而功劳却都归了她！ ◊ Credit will be given in the exam for good spelling and grammar.考试中拼写和语法出色者将受到秦扬。oAt least give him credit for trying (= praise him because he tried, even if he did not succeed).至，该表扬他尝试过。 一compare blame, discredit 8 [sing.] ~ to sb/sth a person or thing whose qualities or achievements are praised and who therefore earns respect for sb/sth else 为…贏得荣誉的人（或事物）：She is a credit to the schooZ.她为学校贏得了荣誉。

8                   ON MOVIE/TV PROGRAMME 电影：电视 W 9 [C, usually pi.] the act of mentioning sb who worked on a project such as a film/movie or a television programme (电影或电 视节目演职人员的）片头字幕，片尾字幕：S/iew〇5given a programme credit for her work on the costumes for the Way.她为这出戏准备服装，被列入剧目制作人员名单。◊ The credits (= the list of all the people involved) seemed to tot almost as 〖ong as the力7m/演职人员字幕持续的时 间几乎与这部电影一样长！

9                   UNIT OF STUDY ^ -'j jl 10 [C] a unit of study at a college or university (in the US, also at a school); the fact of having successfully completed a unit of study (大学，以及美国中小学的）学习单元；学分：

doss is worth three credits•我的数学课为三个，分。

IHTO1 do sb credit | do credit to sb/sth if sth does credit to a person or an organization, they deserve to be praised for it 使值得赞扬（或表扬 > :Four honesty does you great credit•你知籴实值彳秦夬大表扬。have sth

....to. your .credit tc> have achieved sth 完成；取得：He’s only 30, and he already has four novels to his credit, 年仅30岁，却■已著有四部/]、说。on the ’credit side used to introduce the good points about sb/sth, espe­cially after the bad points have been mentioned (

于提及缺点之后）就优点方面而言to sb、credit making sb deserve praise or respect 使值得赞扬；使受尊重：To his credit, Jack never told anyone exactly what had happened.杰克对所发生的事守口如瓶，值得赞扬。

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PUT MONEY IN BANK 往银行存钱 1 [VN卜 A (with B) | 〜B (to A) to add an amount of money to sb’s bank account (给银行账户 > 存入金额；把…记入贷方；贷记（银行账 户）：Yiour account has been credited with $50 000•已