truth
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英[truːθ]
|美[trʊθ]
日语:真実
法语:vérité
德语:Wahrheit
韩语:진실
俄语:verdad
牛津词典
noun
- 真相;实情;事实;真实情况
the true facts about sth, rather than the things that have been invented or guessed
- Do you think she's telling the truth ?
你认为她在讲实话吗? - We are determined to get at (= discover) the truth.
我们决心查出真相。 - The truth (of the matter) is we can't afford to keep all the staff on.
实际情况是我们无力继续聘用所有的职员。 - I don't think you are telling me the whole truth about what happened.
我认为你没有把事情的全部真相都告诉我。
- 真实;真实性
the quality or state of being based on fact
- There is no truth in the rumours.
这些谣言毫无根据。 - There is not a grain of truth in what she says.
她说的没有一句真话。
- 真理
a fact that is believed by most people to be true
- universal truths
普遍真理 - She was forced to face up to a few unwelcome truths about her family.
她不得不正视有关她家的几桩尴尬事。
词形变化
中文词源
truth 事实,真相,真实
来自 true,真实的,-th,名词后缀。
双语例句
- I imagine he thought you were better-placed than most to know the truth
我想他认为你所处的位置使你比大多数人都更了解真相。
- He could not resist telling her the truth
他忍不住把实情告诉了她。
- He told some lies and sometimes just embroidered the truth
他说了些谎,有时只是对事实添油加醋了一番。
- To some extent this was the truth
在某种程度上,这是事实。
- The truth is, I'm a failed comedy writer really.
事实上,我真的是个很失败的喜剧作家。
- She called the verdict a victory of truth over falsehood.
她将这一判决称为真理对谬误的胜利。
- She knew from experience that Dave was about to tell her the truth
经验告诉她戴夫就要对她说出实情了。
- We want to get at the truth. Who killed him? And why?
我们想查明真相。是谁杀了他?为什么?
- Both men knew the moment of truth had arrived.
两人都知道关键时刻到了。
- 'You can tell me the truth,' she purred.
“你可以告诉我真相,”她轻声说。
- Somehow I knew he would tell me the truth
不知何故,我总觉得他会把真相告诉我的。
- Do you suppose he was telling the truth?
你认为他说的是实话吗?
- Is it possible to separate truth from fiction?
有可能把事实与虚构分开吗?
- I must tell you the truth about this business
我必须告诉你这件事的真相。
- The truth of the matter is that we had no other choice
实情就是我们别无选择。
- In the town very few know the whole truth.
镇子里只有很少人知道全部实情。
- judgements of truth or falsity.
对虚与实的判断
- There is no truth in this story
这个故事纯属虚构。
- Is there any truth to the rumors?
那些谣言有什么事实依据吗?
- The criticisms have at least an element of truth and validity.
那些批评至少有一丝真实性和合理性。
- It is an almost universal truth that the more we are promoted in a job, the less we actually exercise the skills we initially used to perform it.
这几乎是一条普遍的真理:我们在某一工作中越往上晋升,实际运用那些当初在工作中经常实践的技能的机会就越少。
- In truth, we were both unhappy.
事实上,我们俩都不快乐。
- To tell you the truth, I was afraid to see him
坦白说,我害怕见他。
- Truth to tell, John did not want Veronica at his wedding.
说实在的,约翰不想韦罗妮卡参加他的婚礼。
- Why do you suspect the truth of the information?
你为什么凭空怀疑这消息的真实性?
- I asked him again, and at last he came out with the truth.
我叮了他一句,他才说了真话。
- The truth at last dawned on him.
他终于开始明白了实情。
- You should have told the truth.
你本该说实话。
- To tell the truth, I don't agree with you.
真格的,我不同意你的意见。
- After a long hesitation, he told the truth at last.
踌躇了半天,他终于直说了。
语源
Old English trīewth, trēowthfaithfulness, constancy (see true, -th)