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n.事实,确实,真理,原理

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truth


/tru:θ; truθ/
n (pl ~s / tru:Tz; truTz/)
1 [U] quality or state of being true 真实(性)
*There's no truth/not aword of truth in what he says. 他说的毫不属实.
2 (a) [U]that which is true 真相; 实情; 真实情况; 事实
*the whole truth 全部事实
* the search for (the) truth 调查事实真相
* tell the truth, ie speak truthfully, not lie 说实话
* We found out the truth about him. 我们了解到了有关他的事实.
* The (plain) truth is, I forgot about it. 老实说, 我忘了.
(b) [C] fact, belief, etc that is accepted as true 真理; 原理
*one of the fundamental truths of modern science 现代科学的一项基本原理.
3 (idm 习语) a home truth => home1. in truth (fml 文) truly; really 的确; 事实上
*It was in truth a miracle. 这确实是个奇迹. the moment of truth => moment. the naked truth => naked 2. to tell the truth => tell.

truth


n
1【true facts】
2【being true】
3【important ideas】
4 in truth
5 if (the) truth be known/told
6 to tell (you) the truth
7 nothing could be further from the truth
8 the truth will out
[Language: Old English;Origin: treowth 'faithfulness']
【TRUE FACTS】
the truth
the true facts about something, rather than what is untrue, imagined, or guessed
lie, falsehood falsehood, untruth untruththe truth about
 She'd come to find out the truth about her family.
the truth behind
 We'll never know the truth behind the accident.
 In the end she was forced to reveal the truth .
 How do we know you're telling the truth ?
 You can't punish a man for speaking the truth .
 The way he was looking at her, it was obvious he knew the truth .
 I'll get the truth out of him somehow.
 It was many months before the whole truth was discovered.
 I love you - and that's the honest truth !
 The plain truth is that you'll never get to university.
 He began to realize the awful truth about her past.
 The truth of the matter is that nothing has changed since the election.
 Her guess came a little too close to the truth for my liking.
【BEING TRUE】[U]
the state or quality of being true
truth in
 There was some truth in the accusations.
grain/element of truth
(=small amount of truth)
 There wasn't a grain of truth in what he said.
 There was an element of truth (=a small amount of truth) in what he said.
 There is no truth in the rumour.
【IMPORTANT IDEAS】 [C usually plural]formal
an important fact or idea that is accepted as being true
 The experience has taught us some basic truths .
an unhappy/unpleasant/unwelcome truth
(=an unpleasant or disappointing fact)
 It is in his interest to hide unhappy truths about his agency's performance.
in truth
in fact
= really
 Early independence leaders were in truth little better than rebels.
if (the) truth be known/told
used when telling someone the real facts about a situation, or your real opinion
 If the truth be known, I felt a little left out at school.
to tell (you) the truth
spoken used when giving your personal opinion or admitting something
 To tell the truth, I was frightened to death.
nothing could be further from the truth
used to say that something is definitely not true
the truth will out
old-fashioned used to say that even if you try to stop people from knowing something, they will find out in the end
half-truth, home truth
the moment of truthatmoment
COLLOCATES for sense 1
find out/discover/get to the truth
reveal the truth
tell the truth
speak the truth
know the truth
get the truth out of somebody (=make them tell you the truth)
the whole/complete/full truth
the honest truth
the plain/simple/naked truth (=the truth, with no details or explanation to make it seem pleasant)
the shocking/terrible/sad etc truth
the truth of the matter
come close/near to the truth

1. But to tell you the truth,
    不过说实在的,

2. But no one could have possibly guessed the truth — that the man with endless money and a friendly manner was not a lord at all but a government employee living out a fantasy that he was a Scottish noble and paying for it by stealing funds from Scotla
    可是谁也没有料到这个事实:这个财源滚滚、举止友好的人并非什么勋爵,而是一名政府公务员。他幻想自己是位苏格兰贵族,并从苏格兰场(即伦敦警察总署)盗用钱财来买这个贵族头衔。

3. We had to evolve the truth from a mass of confused evidence.
    我们不得不从大量庞杂的证据中推断出事情的真象。

4. What would he think if he learned the truth?
    他要是知道真实情况会怎么想呢?

5. We should follow the principle of seeking truth.
    我们要遵循实事求是的原则。

6. We can perhaps forgive those who said the moons of Jupiter were produced by Galileo´s spyglass if we recall that in his day, as for centuries before, curved glass was the popular contrivance for producing not truth but illusion, untruth;
    如果我们回想一下伽利略之前几个世纪期间,曲面镜一直是一种用于产生幻影而不是产生真象的把戏装置,那么我们就会原谅那些当时把伽利略观察到的木星卫生说成是伽利略用他的小望远镜变出来的人们,

7. Whatever the truth may be, planes and ships regularly disappear in the triangle.
    不论真相如何,飞机和船只仍常常消失在这个三角地带。

8. When it comes to beauty who wants to know the truth?
    只要说是美容,谁还管真相如何?

9. There is much truth in the old adage about fools and their money.
    在这本关于愚人及其钱财的古老谚语中, 蕴藏着很多真理。

10. This is a close approximation to the truth.
    那很接近于事实真相。

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