accredit
verb- [usually passive] (formal)
to believe that somebody is responsible for doing or saying something 把…归于;认为(某事为某人所说、所做) - be accredited to somebody
The discovery of distillation is usually accredited to the Arabs of the 11th century. 通常认为,蒸馏法是阿拉伯人在 11 世纪发明的。 - be accredited with something
The Arabs are usually accredited with the discovery of distillation. 通常认为,阿拉伯人发明了蒸馏法。 She is accredited with having first introduced the word into the language. 她被认为是第一个将这个词引入该语言的人。
- be accredited to somebody
- [usually passive] (specialist)
to choose somebody for an official position, especially as an ambassador 委任,委派(某人为大使等) - accredit something/somebody
to officially approve something/somebody as being of an accepted quality or standard 正式认可 Institutions that do not meet the standards will not be accredited for teacher training. 没有达标的机构不会获得教师培训的资格。
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in sense (3)): from French accréditer, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + crédit ‘credit’.