If something you did is creditable, people can honestly praise it. You did well enough. You deserve a nod.

If something you did如果你做的某件事 is creditable算是creditable，people可以 can honestly praise it讓人誠心稱讚。You did well enough你做得夠好了。You deserve a nod你值得被點頭肯定。

Though actually, it is not the same as brilliant, and it is not a loud cheer. Teachers, sports writers, and rather formal people like this word when they want to be kind and fair at the same time: a creditable drawing, a creditable attempt, a creditable third place. The work was decent; nobody should laugh; you can hold your head up.

Though actually不過其實，it is not the same as brilliant它跟brilliant（傑出）不一樣，and it is not a loud cheer也不是大聲的喝采。Teachers老師、sports writers運動線記者、and rather formal people以及比較正式的人，like this word喜歡用這個字 when they want to be kind and fair at the same time當他們想要既體貼又公平的時候：a creditable drawing一幅creditable的畫、a creditable attempt一次creditable的嘗試、a creditable third place一個creditable的第三名。The work was decent這件作品算是不錯；nobody should laugh沒有人該笑你；you can hold your head up你可以抬得起頭。

It is not a young street word. You meet it in school reports, newspapers, and slightly old-fashioned praise.

It is not a young street word它不是年輕人的街頭用語。You meet it你會在 in school reports學校成績單、newspapers報紙、and slightly old-fashioned praise以及有點老派的稱讚裡遇到它。

Do not mix it with credible, which is about whether a story can be believed.

Do not mix it with credible不要把它跟credible搞混，which is about whether a story can be believed後者是在講一個說法能不能被相信。

A creditable performance can still be quite ordinary — just good enough that praise is fair.

A creditable performance一場creditable的表現 can still be quite ordinary仍然可以很普通——just good enough that praise is fair只是好到值得被稱讚而已。