英汉词典

true 基本解释

• adj. 真实的；正确的
• adv. 真实地；准确地
• n. 真实；准确
• vt. 装准
• n. (TRUE)人名；(英)特鲁

true 词态变化

true 中文词源

来自古英语 triewe,忠诚的，真诚的，来自 Proto-Germanic*treuwaz,信仰，忠诚，来自 PIE*deru, 稳定的，稳固的，词源同 tree,endure.后引申词义依据事实的，真的，真实的等。

true 英文词源

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true: [OE] The underlying etymological meaning of true is ‘faithful, steadfast, firm’; ‘in accordance with the facts’ is a secondary development. It goes back to the prehistoric Germanic base *treww-, which also produced German treue and Dutch trouw ‘faithful’ and the English noun truce, and it has been speculated that it may ultimately have links with the Indo- European base *dru- ‘wood, tree’ (source of English tree), the semantic link being the firmness or steadfastness of oaks and suchlike trees. Truth [OE] comes from the same source, as do its derivative betroth [14], its now archaic variant troth [16], the equally dated trow [OE], and probably also trust and tryst.
=> betroth, troth, trow, truce, trust, truth, tryst

true (adj.)

Old English triewe (West Saxon), treowe (Mercian) "faithful, trustworthy, honest, steady in adhering to promises, friends, etc.," from Proto-Germanic *treuwaz- "having or characterized by good faith" (cognates: Old Frisian triuwi, Dutch getrouw, Old High German gatriuwu, German treu, Old Norse tryggr, Danish tryg, Gothic triggws "faithful, trusty"), from PIE *drew-o-, a suffixed form of the root *deru-/*dreu- "be firm, solid, steadfast" (cognates: Lithuanian drutas "firm," Welsh drud, Old Irish dron "strong," Welsh derw "true," Old Irish derb "sure"), with specialized sense "wood, tree" and derivatives referring to objects made of wood (see tree (n.)).

Sense of "consistent with fact" first recorded c. 1200; that of "real, genuine, not counterfeit" is from late 14c.; that of "conformable to a certain standard" (as true north) is from c. 1550. Of artifacts, "accurately fitted or shaped" it is recorded from late 15c. True-love (n.) is Old English treowlufu. True-born (adj.) first attested 1590s. True-false (adj.) as a type of test question is recorded from 1923. To come true (of dreams, etc.) is from 1819.

true (v.)

"make true in position, form, or adjustment," 1841, from true (adj.) in the sense "agreeing with a certain standard." Related: Trued; truing.

true 词组搭配

true 英文释义

1. proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment;

"out of true"

true 同义词解析

accurate, exact, precise, right, true, correct

这些形容词均含"准确的，正确的"之意。

accurate：指通过谨慎的努力达到符合事实或实际，侧重不同程度的准确性，与事实无出入。

exact：着重在质与量方面的准确，语气比accurate强。

precise：侧重极端准确，更强调细节的精确无误。

right：使用广泛，可与这些词中的correct换用，但常暗示道德、理解、行动等方面的正确。

true：暗指绝对准确，尤指复制品与原件丝毫不差。

correct：最常用词，主要指按一定标准或规则来衡量，没有谬误和差错或无缺点错误。

faithful, loyal, constant, true

这些形容词均含有"忠实的"之意。

faithful： 多指对人对事或对诺言、誓言的始终不渝，侧重在任何情况下都绝不改变。

loyal： 一般指对祖国、领袖的忠诚或对事业、原则、誓言的忠实，不动摇。

constant： 侧重指思想状态的稳定或信念的坚定，也指爱情或感情等的忠贞不渝。

true： 侧重个人感情上的忠实和不动摇。

genuine, authentic, actual, real, true, factual

这些形容词均有"真的，真实的，实在的"之意。

genuine： 普通常用词，指真正的，货真价实的，强调非人为或非虚假的。

authentic常可与genuine换用，指与事实完全相符，强调准确可靠。

actual： 指事物的实际存在，并非出自主观臆造。

real： 普通用词，含义较广，有时可与actual和genuine换用。指一切真实的或 表面看不出虚假的事物。

true： 指同实际情况或标准完全一致。口语中多用。

factual与actual同义，但更测重根据事实，不扩大或缩小，不渲染。

true 双语例句

1. As a player he was unselfish, a true team man.

作为一名选手，他毫无私念，真正把自己摆在团队中。

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2. But as with other charitable bodies, these figures mask the true picture.

但和其他慈善机构一样，这些数字掩盖了实情。

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3. Too much salt masks the true flavour of the food.

太多的盐会盖住食物本来的味道。

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4. They were decked out in tracksuits, seemingly to dissimulate their true function.

他们都穿着田径服，似乎想掩饰他们的真实职能。

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5. The jury is out on whether or not this is true.

这是否属实仍未得出定论。

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true 实用场景例句

Indicate whether the following statements are true or false .

标出下列说法是对还是错。

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Is it true she's leaving?

她要走是真的吗？

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All the rumours turned out to be true.

所有的传闻结果都确有其事。

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That's not strictly (= completely) true.

那不完全正确。

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The novel is based on a true story .

这部小说是根据真实的故事写成的。

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His excuse just doesn't ring (= sound) true .

他的借口听起来就不真实。

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Unfortunately, these findings do not hold true (= are not valid) for women and children.

遗憾的是，这些调查结果不适用于妇女和儿童。

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The music is dull and uninspiring, and the same is true of the acting.

音乐沉闷枯燥毫不动人，表演也是。

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You never spoke a truer word (= used to emphasize that you agree with what sb has just said) .

你说的一点不假。

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the true face of capitalism (= what it is really like rather than what people think it is like)

资本主义的真实情况

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The true cost of these experiments to the environment will not be known for years to come.

这些实验对环境造成的确切代价在未来数年内是看不见的。

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He reveals his true character to very few people.

他没有向什么人显露过他的真实性格。

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It was true love between them.

他们是真心相爱。

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Everything I had heard about him was true...

我听说的关于他的一切都是真实的。

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He said it was true that a collision had happened…

他说真的发生了冲突。

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I allowed myself to acknowledge my true feelings...

我愿意承认我的真实感情。

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The true cost often differs from that which had first been projected...

实际成本经常与最初计划的有所不同。

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This country professes to be a true democracy…

这个国家自称是真正的民主政体。

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Maybe one day you'll find true love...

也许有一天你会找到真爱。

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I accept that the romance may have gone out of the marriage, but surely this is true of many couples...

我同意婚姻里可能已经没有了浪漫这一说法，而且很多夫妻都的确如此。

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Expenditure on health in most of these countries has gone down, and the same is true for education.

这些国家的医疗支出大多已经下降，教育支出也是如此。

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It's true she gets madly impatient with him, but what mother doesn't?…

她确实对他极其不耐烦，但哪个母亲不是这样呢？

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The state, it is true, gave money towards their wages. Nevertheless the whole process had not been organized properly…

诚然，政府已经拨款支付他们的工资。但整个过程没有组织妥当。

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David was true to his wife...

戴维忠于妻子。

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India has remained true to democracy...

印度一直奉行民主政治。

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Many of his predictions are coming true…

他的很多预言正成为现实。

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Owning a place of their own is a dream come true for the couple.

这对夫妇拥有了自己的房子，终于梦想成真了。

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This law is known to hold true for galaxies at a distance of at least several billion light years.

据知，这条定律同样适用于距离至少几十亿光年之远的星系。

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On the whole the celebrations were remarkably good-humoured and peaceful. Indeed, it seemed almost too good to be true.

总体上，庆典活动一派快乐祥和。事实上，简直好得让人难以置信。

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The opening scenes of this movie are just not true to life.

这部电影开场的几幕真是太假了。

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