creditable
creditable — 形容詞
- creditablepositive
- more creditablecomparative
- most creditablesuperlative
1. showing a good enough standard of quality or behaviour that people approve of an
值得讚揚的
表現或行為良好，值得肯定
showing a good enough standard of quality or behaviour that people approve of and respect it, even if it is not the very best — for example, describing a student's test results as creditable, or calling someone's honest effort creditable.
Kian's team gave a creditable performance in the science competition despite very limited resources.
Kian 的隊伍在科學競賽中表現值得讚揚，儘管資源非常有限。
collocation: creditable + performance
The community centre raised a creditable amount of money for the summer youth programme.
社區中心為夏季青年活動籌到了一筆值得肯定的款項。
After studying every evening for a month, Mayumi received a creditable score on the exam.
每晚讀書一個月後，Mayumi 在考試中拿到了值得讚揚的分數。
With only a handful of helpers, the beach cleanup effort was a creditable one.
只有少數幾位義工幫忙，海灘清理工作仍值得讚揚。
The hospital staff's creditable conduct during the flood earned praise from city officials.
醫院工作人員在洪水期間值得讚揚的表現，贏得了市府官員的肯定。
- admirable
stronger praise, suggests something is genuinely excellent rather than just good enough
- commendable
similar formality; often used for actions that show good moral judgment
- respectable
similar nuance of adequacy plus approval; slightly less formal
- praiseworthy
more direct about deserving praise; slightly more formal
- discreditable
direct opposite; describes behaviour that damages one's reputation
- shameful
much stronger negative; suggests moral failure, not just mediocrity
用法筆記
Frequently used with nouns like effort, performance, result, or conduct to describe work that is good but not outstanding. More common in formal writing and reports than in everyday conversation.