In a similar way that companies often use some kind of credit rating to decide whether to give you a mobile plan, or the rate of a mortgage, marketplaces that depend on transactions between relative strangers need some kind of device to let you know that Sebastian and Chris are good eggs, and that device is reputation.
企业往往以类似的方式使用一些 信用评级来决定是否给你一个手机计划， 或按揭评级，那些取决于 陌生人之间交易的市场 需要某种设备，让你知道，Sebastian 和Chris是值得信赖的， 那个设备就是名声。