该短语主要表达两层紧密相关的意思:
1、 值得赞扬的是;(某人)做得好(强调行为的可取性,用于引出令人钦佩的举动);
2、 (某人)有……成就/功绩;(某事物)归属于某人(说明某人拥有的具体成果或荣誉)。
短语中的 one's 需替换为形容词性物主代词(如 his, her, their, our 等),credit 此处为不可数名词,意为“荣誉;功劳;成就”。
用于肯定某人的做法,通常后接完整句子,说明具体的可取行为。
To his credit, he apologized for his rudeness immediately.
(值得赞扬的是,他立刻为自己的无礼道歉。)
To her credit, she remained calm even when the plan failed.
(她做得好,即使计划失败也保持冷静。)
To our credit, we managed to finish the task without any help.
(值得我们骄傲的是,我们没靠任何帮助就完成了任务。)
用于说明某人拥有的具体成果(如作品、奖项、记录等),结构为“名词 + to one's credit”。
She has three best-selling novels to her credit.
(她有三本畅销书(归功于她/在她名下)。)
The athlete has two Olympic gold medals to his credit.
(这位运动员拥有两枚奥运金牌。)
The company has ten years of successful operation to its credit.
(这家公司有十年的成功运营史。)
该短语为固定搭配,不可替换为“in one's credit”或“for one's credit”;
作后置定语时,修饰的名词通常是成果、荣誉或经历(如 books, medals, years, wins 等);
语气偏向正面肯定,用于强调某人的优势或值得认可的地方。
总结:to one's credit 是表达“赞扬”或“成就归属”的实用短语,既可以引出令人钦佩的行为,也可以列举某人的具体成果,适用场景包括日常对话、书面表达(如报告、传记)等。