It took me too long to come up with the correct response."Do

It took me too long to come up with the correct response."Don't tell me you're listening to Billy's
superstitious nonsense now," I said with a feeble attempt at mockery.
"He knows more than I gave him credit for."
"Be serious,Jacob."
credit for
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frankjan1 春芽

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to give somebody credit for 是个短语,本意是为某人提供信用贷款,这里用的他的延伸含义,意思是:相信某人有(某种优点)
根据这里的上下文,
"He knows more than I gave him credit for." 可以翻译为:
我相信他知道得确实很多.

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snowel 幼苗

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give credit for 本意是归功于.../认证...的功劳 的意思。在这句话里可以理解为“知道的多过我所认可的”或者是“多过我认为他应该知道的”(即有一些并不是真的知道)

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