[, ] () a measurement of the ability of a company, person or government to pay their debts; the process of estimating this信用等级评定；信用评级◆The company's credit rating has been downgraded to ‘junk’ status.公司的信用评级已降至“垃圾”级。◆People with no credit rating can find it difficult to take out a loan.没经过信用评级的人很难取得贷款。SYNdebt rating ➡credit score ⨁to downgrade / lower / raise / upgrade a credit rating调低／降低／提高／提升信用评级⨁to be given / have a credit rating进行信用评级⨁a good / low / poor credit rating良好的／低的／欠佳的信用评级