If you are ever asked that question and don't have an answer for it, other than, "because I said so," then you have lost credibility.

如果你遇到过这个问题，并且除了说“因为我让你学”之外没有其他答案的话，你就失去信誉了。

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Not long ago we were heading towards the danger zone where markets start to question your credibility.

不久前，我们正在走向危险境地——市场开始怀疑你的可信度。

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When we were the pupil, the teacher gave us a multiple option question that which one of the four options including credibility, money, fame and status we would pick up.

曾记得上小学的时候，老师总是会让我们做一道选择题：诚信、金钱、荣誉、地位，你只能在其中选择一个，那么你会选择哪一个？

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But central to the debate going on in Britain is the very credibility of the Afghan government as more and more question whether British lives should be put at risk in support of what is seen as a less than clean Hamid Karzai government.

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So this is a credibility question for him, I think, more than it's a legacy question.

NPR: Iran, Peace Top Agenda for Bush's Mideast Trip

The company that now says it is going to miss its revenue raised money in Q4 of last year, however, so there is credibility question here.

FORBES: Budget, or Fudge-It?

But as soon as its credibility was in question, its position crumbled.

ECONOMIST: Enron's fall