I’m an 18-year-old pre-medical student, tall and good-looking, with two short story books and quite a number of essays to my credit. Why am I singing such praises of myself? Just to explain that the attainment of self-pride comes from a great deal of self-love, and to attain it, one must first learn to accept oneself as one is. That was where my struggle began.
上面的内容摘自2022年高考英语天津卷(第二次)的阅读理解B。
请问句中的 to my credit 是什么用法?
to sb’ s credit 是习语,有两层意思:一是表示“在某人名下”“归于某人”,二是表示“某人值得表扬”。以下截图来自《麦克米伦高阶英汉双解词典》:
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The engineer has many technical innovations to his credit. 这位工程师有许多项技术革新的成就。
She already has two successful novels to her credit. 她已经写了两部很成功的小说。
I have twenty novels and countless magazine stories to my credit. 我著有20部小说,还在杂志上发表了无数篇文章。
Artie was by then a seasoned musician with six albums
to his credit. 到那时阿蒂已经出版了六张专辑,是个经验丰富的音乐家了。