一提到credit这个词，相信小伙伴们都不陌生。credit，最让人感到熟悉的词，就是credit card，也就是现在我们常用的信用卡。那么除了credit card，credit是否还有其他含义呢？让我们一起来了解一下吧！

根据《Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English》，credit有以下几种意思：

释义1：DELAYED PAYMENT 推迟付款

an arrangement with a shop, bank etc that allows you to buy something and pay for it later

赊购；信贷

这个类似于我们现在流行的“白条”和“花呗”，就是赊购或信贷。大家来看以下举例：

例1： What’s the credit limit on your Visa card?

你的维萨卡信用额度是多少？

例2：The store agreed to let him have credit.

商店同意他赊购。

当表示“贷款”、“赊购”或“信贷”时，credit还可以这样使用：

on credit

Most new cars are bought on credit.

绝大多数新车都是贷款购买。

释义2：Praise 赞扬

approval or praise that you give to someone for something they have done

因某人完成某事而给予其赞扬

例1：Credit must go to Fiona for making sure everything ran smoothly.

应该感激菲奥娜使一切得以顺利进行。

当表示赞扬时，credit 可以和for 搭配使用，credit+for

例2：Credit for this win goes to everybody in the team.

这次胜利是队里每个人的功劳。

此外，还可以这样搭配：take/claim/deserve etc (the) credit

当我们想表示“某人值得赞扬或钦佩”时，我们也可以用to sb’s credit (=used to say that someone has done something good)来表示

释义3：be a credit to sb/sth

to behave so well or be so successful that your family, team etc are proud of you

为某人/某事物增光

例1：She’s a credit to her profession.

她为自己的行业赢得了荣誉。

释义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.

释义5：the credits(复数)

[plural,复数] a list of all the people involved in making a film or television programme, which is shown at the beginning or end of it

〔电影或电视节目片头或片尾的〕全体演职员名单

释义6：大学的学分

[C] a successfully completed part of a course at a university or college

学分

例1：I don’t have enough credits to graduate.

我学分不够，还不能毕业。

释义7：amount of money

Amount of money一笔钱

大家可以读一读下面的短文，里面会涉及很多credit，但是每个credit在不同的情境下都表达了不同的含义：

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.

以上内容由专业英语翻译公司-上海译锐翻译质控部成员Jacob编辑整理。