| 单词 | credibility gap |
| 释义 | > as lemmascredibility gap credibility gap n. originally U.S. a discrepancy between what is said or promised and what happens or is true; a disinclination to accept (esp. official) statements at face value. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > [noun] > state of incredulity1430 inconvictedness1664 inconviction1664 inconvincibility1882 incredibility1882 credibility gap1962 1962 Dunkirk (N.Y.) Evening Observer 3 Dec. 1/8 Sen. Kenneth B. Keating..said today the United States must close the ‘credibility gap’ with Russia if the world is to avoid a nuclear war. The credibility gap, Keating said, is the failure to convince Russia that the United States means what it says about defending its interests. 1966 Guardian 28 Dec. 6/1 Official American statements are no longer taken on trust... The phenomenon..is called the ‘credibility gap’. 1967 M. McCarthy in Observer 30 Apr. 12 We do not recognise them, helmeted, in a bomber aiming cans of napalm at a thatched village. We have a credibility gap. 1994 Remnant 15 July 10/2 Vatican legislation is coming to them across a credibility gap which grows larger by the hour. 2011 M. McCombs et al. News & Public Opinion i. iii. 47 The news credibility gaps between Democrats and Republicans are staggering. < as lemmas |
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