时髦英语口语词汇讲解第12期:Cred 街头名声

Cred, short for 'credibility', that is, among your peer group.
Cred是‘credibility'（信誉/可信度）的缩写，而这个缩写形式只在你们这辈人中使用。

It started out in the late 1970s, in the phrase 'street cred', which meant having reputation or status among your mates or your friends on the street.
上个世纪70年代的时候， 在street cred这个短语里，street cred的意思是你在朋友哥们儿之间的‘街头信誉/名声’。

And then it became more general - the phrase became fashionable, trendy, that was the meaning.
然后cred就变得普遍了——这个词变得流行起来，成为‘时尚’、‘时髦’的意思。

It had an adjective use, people said things like, 'That's a cred show!' or 'You're wearing cred jewellery!' - meaning fashionable jewellery, trendy jewellery.
它还有种形容词的用法，比如人们会说这样的话‘That's a cred show!'（那就是一场时装秀！）或者‘You're wearing cred jewellery!'——你戴的首饰真时髦！

But it was mainly as a noun that it came into widespread use.
但是它是作为名词才被广泛传播开来的。

It meant sort of belief, or persuasiveness, or something that goes down well with an audience.
cred在某种程度上代表了某种信仰或者使人信服的东西，或者是能为观众所接受的东西。

A politician might be said to have 'zero cred' when it comes to matters of security'.
在涉及到安全问题时，一个政客也许会被认为‘信用度为零’。

In other words, nobody believes what he says at all.
换句话说，没有人会相信他说的话。

Or rappers might be said to be 'battling for cred', in other words, getting an audience that likes them.
或者在说唱者之间会举行‘信誉/名誉/流行度战’，用另外的话说，就是，他们会尝试让更多的听众喜欢他们。

Shows, cinema shows, theatre shows, might be said to have 'lots of cred' if they go down well.
节目，电影节目，剧院的节目如果播出效果好，我们也会称之为‘得到了很多的赞誉’。

And this website has got a lot of cred!
我们的网站信誉度也很高。