1what is true真實情況ADJECTIVE | ... OF TRUTH | VERB + TRUTH | TRUTH + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤absolute, gospel (informal) , honest (informal) , real絕對的事實;絕對真理;大實話;真正的事實◇She takes everything she reads in the paper as gospel truth.她把在報紙上看到的一切都當作是絕對真實的情況。➤complete, entire, full, whole全部的事實;所有的事實◇It still doesn't make sense to me-I don't think he's told us the whole truth.我還是覺得講不通 - 我認為他沒有告訴我們全部真相。➤exact, literal分毫不差的/不折不扣的事實▸➤naked, plain, simple赤裸裸的/清楚的/簡單的事實◇The simple truth is he's lost his job.事實很簡單,他丟了工作。➤pure, unvarnished純粹的/原原本本的事實◇the plain unvarnished truth清清楚楚原原本本的事實➤hidden, secret隱藏的/秘密的真相◇the hidden truth behind the events of the last four years在過去四年事件的背後隱藏着的真相➤underlying根本的事實▸➤awful, bitter, brutal, cruel, dreadful, grim, hard, harsh, horrible, painful, sad, shocking, terrible, ugly, uncomfortable, unfortunate, unpalatable, unpleasant, unwelcome令人極不愉快的/冷酷的/殘酷的/殘忍的/令人畏懼的/無情的/嚴峻的/嚴酷的/可怕的/令人痛苦的/可悲的/令人震驚的/糟糕的/令人不快的/令人感到不舒服的/不幸的/令人難以接受的/不愉快的/不受歡迎的事實◇the shocking truth about heroin addiction among the young年輕人吸食海洛因成癮的驚人事實真相◇The sad truth is he never loved her.令人悲哀的是他從未愛過她。➤factual, objective確實發生過的/客觀存在的事實▸➤empirical, historical, moral, poetic, psychological, religious, scientific, spiritual以經驗為根據的事實;歷史事實;道德事實;詩意的真實;心理事實;宗教事實;科學事實;精神事實◇It's a good movie but contains little historical truth.電影不錯,不過裏面沒有多少史實。➤divine, revealed神聖的事實;揭示的真相◇the revealed truth of God神所啟示的真相... OF TRUTH➤element, germ, glimmer, grain, kernel, nugget, ounce, shred幾分真實性;真理的萌芽;少許事實;一線真實;事實的核心;可貴的真相;一點兒真實性;真相的碎片◇There may have been a grain of truth in what he said.他說的話或許有一丁點兒真實性。VERB + TRUTH➤know知道實情◇So now you know the truth.那麼現在你知道實情了。◇If the truth be known, I was afraid to tell anyone.如果要實話實說的話,是我不敢告訴任何人。➤admit, convey, expose, speak, tell (sb)承認事實;說出事實;揭露真相;告訴(某人)事實◇He was reminded of his duty to speak the truth when questioned in court.他被提醒在回答法庭問題時,有責任講真話。◇I'm sure she's telling the truth.我確信她說的是真話。◇To tell you the truth, I'm rather dreading his return.跟你說實話吧,我非常害怕他回來。➤establish, discern, discover, find out, get, get at, get to, learn, reveal, uncover確立/識別/發現/找出/獲得/接近/觸及到/瞭解/揭示/發掘真相◇She was determined to discover the truth about her boss.她下決心要查明老闆的真相。◇We're going to try to get the truth out of this boy.我們將設法從男孩這裏得到實情。◇The journalist protested that he was only trying to get at the truth.記者抗議說,他只想查明事情的真相。➤seek求真務實◇a man on a journey seeking the truth about God and humanity在尋求上帝和人的真相之路上的男子➤guess猜測真相▸➤accept, acknowledge, face (up to), grasp, realize接受真相;承認真相;面對現實;把握真相;認識現實◇He realized the truth in Adam's words.他意識到亞當話語中的真實性。➤doubt懷疑真實性◇The police doubt the truth of his statement.警察懷疑他沒有說真話。➤conceal, cover up, hide, suppress隱瞞事實;掩蓋事實◇You've been hiding the truth from me!你一直對我隱瞞事實!➤deny否認事實◇Dare anyone deny the truth of what we have said?有人敢否認我們所說的事實嗎?➤bend, distort, stretch, twist曲解/歪曲/誇大/扭曲事實真相◇Lawyers distorted the truth about the deal.律師們歪曲了有關此交易的真相。➤handle對待真相◇He was too fragile to handle the truth.他太脆弱,無法面對事情的真相。TRUTH + VERB➤be, lie事實是◇We are examining the matter to see where the truth lies.我們正在調查這件事情的真相。➤come out, emerge真相大白◇Almost at the end of the letter the cruel truth emerged.在信的結尾處終於道出了殘酷的事實。➤dawn on sb某人明白真相◇The awful truth suddenly dawned on her.她突然明白了可怕的事實。PREPOSITION➤in truth事實上◇She laughed and chatted but was, in truth, not having much fun.她雖然有說有笑的,但事實上並不怎麼開心。➤truth about關於⋯的真相◇She would later find out the truth about her husband.她以後會查明有關她丈夫的真相。➤truth behind⋯背後的事實◇What's the truth behind all the gossip?流言背後的真相是什麼?➤truth in⋯中的真實性◇There is no truth in these allegations.這些指控完全不符合事實。PHRASES➤an/the arbiter of truth真相的仲裁者◇They claim to be the arbiters of sacred truth.他們自稱是神聖的真理的仲裁者。➤be economical with the truth (= not to tell the whole truth) (especially BrE) 沒說出全部實情➤moment of truth(成敗分曉等的)關鍵時刻◇Finally the moment of truth will be upon you.最後的關鍵時刻將取決於你。➤nothing could be further from the truth完全不是事實◇I know you think she's mean, but nothing could be further from the truth.我知道你認為她小氣,但事實完全不是這樣。➤the pursuit of (the) truth追尋真理◇They were motivated by the pursuit of the truth.他們是出於對真理的追求。➤the quest for (the) truth, the search for (the) truth尋找真理➤a ring of truth有幾分真話◇His explanation has a ring of truth to it.他的解釋裏有幾分真話。➤a seeker after truth (literary) 追求真理的人◇seekers after divine truth追求神聖真理的人➤a semblance of truth真理的表象➤the truth of the matter事情的真相◇The truth of the matter is we can't afford to keep all the staff on.事實是我們沒有能力繼續雇用所有員工。➤the truth will come out, the truth will out (saying) 真相總會大白truth
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2fact that is true真理ADJECTIVE | VERB + TRUTH | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤basic, central, common, essential, eternal, fundamental, general, great, immutable, important, profound, simple, timeless, ultimate, universal基本道理;重要真理;普遍真理;永恆真理;深刻的道理;簡單的道理;終極的真理◇in search of the eternal truths of life探求生命的永恆真理➤ancient古老的真理▸➤obvious, self-evident, undeniable顯而易見的/不言而喻的/不可否認的道理◇We hold these truths to be self-evident...我們認為這些道理是不言而喻的⋯➤deep深刻的道理◇the deeper truths that often go unspoken常常無需說出的更深刻的道理➤underlying內在的真諦▸➤half, partial半真半假的/歪曲的事實◇His evidence was a blend of smears, half truths and downright lies.他的證詞裏摻雜着誹謗、歪曲的事實和徹頭徹尾的謊言。➤harsh, home, painful, uncomfortable, unpalatable, unpleasant, unwelcome嚴酷的真理;令人不快的真理◇It's time we told him a few home truths about sharing a house.該是時候告訴他共住一所房子的一些令人不快的事實了。➤necessary不容否定的真理▸➤moral, philosophical, scientific道德/哲學/科學真理▸➤biblical, divine, spiritual, theological, transcendent《聖經》的/神聖的/精神的/神學的/超驗的真理◇Science, like theology, reveals transcendent truths about a changing world.和神學一樣,科學揭示了有關不斷變化的世界的超驗的真理。VERB + TRUTH➤establish, reveal, uncover證實為/揭示/發現真理▸➤tell sb告訴某人真理▸➤accept, acknowledge, face up to接受/承認/正視事實PREPOSITION➤truth about關於⋯的事實◇She was forced to face up to a few unwelcome truths about her family.她不得不接受一些關於她家庭的令人不快的事實。