1. But centuries passed before this was established as a fact.
    但是几个世纪之后，这一点才被确立为事实。

2. For though the pictures were supposed to be the work of famous artists, they had in fact been painted by Dickie.
    因为这些画名义上是名家的作品，事实上是迪基自己画的。

3. in fact they did nothing of the kind, but children were then too cowed to let them know how they really felt.
    实际上那是根本不行的。孩子们只不过被吓得不敢让父母知道自己的想法罢了。

4. We are so familiar with the fact that man ages, that people have for years assumed that the process of losing vigour with time, of becoming more likely to die the older we get, was something self-evident,
    我们对人总是要衰老的现象并不陌生，多年来就已认识到。生命随着时间流失而丧失活力，人随着年龄的增长而接近死亡，这是不言而喻的，

5. When one seriously studies the social orders that have had the opportunity to develop autonomously, the figure becomes no more than an exact and matter-of-fact observation.
    当一个人认真地研究自发形成的社会秩序时，杜威的比喻就是他实事求是观察得来的形象化的说法。

6. What they had in fact found was a ship which had been sunk many years before.
    事实上，他们发现的是另一艘沉没多年的船。

7. They required her affirmation of the fact.
    他们要求她确认这一事实。

8. The bare narration of the fact took two hours.
    仅仅叙述事实就花了两个小时。

9. The fact is recognized by observers both within the United States and abroad.
    这一事实得到美国国内外观察家的承认。

10. The rumour is without foundation in fact.
    这个谣传没有事实根据。