Henry Flores, a political-science professor at St.Mary’s University, credits this younger generation’s political strength to their embrace of technology.

圣玛丽大学的政治学教授亨利·弗洛里斯把这些年轻一代的政治力量归功于他们对科技的热情。

六级词汇讲解：

本句的主干是Henry Flores…credits this…strength to…。a political-science professor at St.Mary’s University是Henry Flore的同位语，对其进行详细说明。

credit…to…意为“把……归结于……、归功于”。如：

He credited his success to his family education.

他把自己的成功归功于家庭教育。

六级考点归纳：

credit除了作动词，更常见的是作名词的情况，意思是“信赖;荣誉赞扬;贷款信用证”等，与其相关的短语有：

1.be a credit to, to sb.’s credit意为“使……感到光荣，给……争光”。如：

He is a credit to his family.

他给全家争了光。

It is to his credit that he hired such talented people.

聘请到这么有能力的人，使他感到很光荣。

2.take credit for意为“因……而受到好评”。如：

They took credit for bringing down extremists.

他们因为击败了极端主义者而受到好评。

3.give credit to意为“信任;赞扬”。如：

David gave credit to his new agent.

戴维对他的新代理人表示信任。

4.give sb. credit for sth.意为“认为某人具有(某种品德、才能等)”。如：

I gave her credit for sincerity.

我认为她为人真诚。

5.have credit with sb.意为“得到某人的信任”。如：

I always have credit with my husband.

我丈夫一直信任我。

6.have the credit of意为“有……的好名声”。如：

He had the credit of being an enlightened man.

他有着“开明之士”的好名声。