credence

信頼、信用

ある主張や考えが本当だと信じること。

やさしい英語で： Belief that a claim or idea is true.

• Few people gave the story credence.
• The photographs lent credence to his account.
• Does this theory deserve any credence?

使い方： give credence to something (I give little credence to those rumours.); lend credence to something (The new evidence lends credence to her claim.)

類義語： belief, trust

反対語： disbelief

よく使う表現： give credence to, lend credence to, gain credence

聖器台

礼拝で使う道具を置く、教会の小さな台。

やさしい英語で： A small table in a church for holding things used during a religious service.

• The chalice stood on the credence.
• She covered the credence with white linen.
• The priest took a vessel from the credence beside the altar.

類義語： credence table

よく使う表現： credence table, altar credence

飾り棚、食器棚

高価な皿や杯などを飾るための、棚のある戸棚や台。

やさしい英語で： A cupboard or table with shelves for displaying valuable dishes and drinking vessels.

• Silver cups filled the credence.
• An oak credence stood against the dining room wall.
• The antique credence displayed the family’s finest plates.

類義語： sideboard, cabinet, credenza

よく使う表現： carved credence, oak credence

信念度、主観確率

ある主張が真であると、その人がどの程度考えるかを表す数値。

やさしい英語で： A number expressing how likely someone thinks a statement is to be true.

• My credence in that claim is low.
• She assigned a credence of 0.7 to the hypothesis.
• New evidence changed their credences in several competing theories.

使い方： credence in something (Her credence in the claim rose to eighty percent.)

類義語： subjective probability, degree of belief

よく使う表現： credence in something, assign a credence