英汉词典

truth 基本解释

• n. 真理；事实；诚实；实质

truth 词态变化

truth 中文词源

来自 true,真实的，-th,名词后缀。

truth 英文词源

truth

truth: see true

truth (n.)

Old English triewð (West Saxon), treowð (Mercian) "faith, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty; veracity, quality of being true; pledge, covenant," from triewe, treowe "faithful" (see true (adj.)), with Proto-Germanic abstract noun suffix *-itho (see -th (2)).

Sense of "something that is true" is first recorded mid-14c. Meaning "accuracy, correctness" is from 1560s. English and most other IE languages do not have a primary verb for for "speak the truth," as a contrast to lie (v.). Truth squad in U.S. political sense first attested in the 1952 U.S. presidential election campaign.

At midweek the Republican campaign was bolstered by an innovation--the "truth squad" ..., a team of senators who trailed whistle-stopping Harry Truman to field what they denounced as his wild pitches. ["Life," Oct. 13, 1952]

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Let [Truth] and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter. [Milton, "Areopagitica," 1644]

truth 词组搭配

truth 英文释义

1. a fact that has been verified;

"at last he knew the truth"

"the truth is the he didn't want to do it"

2. conformity to reality or actuality;

"they debated the truth of the proposition"

"the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat"

"he was famous for the truth of his portraits"

"he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities"

3. a true statement;

"he told the truth"

"he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it"

4. the quality of nearness to the truth or the true value;

"he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"

"the lawyer questioned the truth of my account"

truth 同义词解析

reality, truth

这两个名词均有"真实"之意。

reality： 侧重指某事物的客观存在的真实性。

truth： 含义广泛，指符合事实、没有错误或虚假。

truth 双语例句

1. 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。

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2. 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。

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3. They can't destroy truth without destroying each and every one of us.

除非他们将我们赶尽杀绝，否则真理不灭。

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4. 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？

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5. We set out to find the truth behind the mystery.

我们开始着手揭开谜团背后的真相。

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truth 实用场景例句

Do you think she's telling the truth ?

你认为她在讲实话吗？

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We are determined to get at (= discover) the truth.

我们决心查出真相。

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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。

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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。

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There is no truth in the rumours.

这些谣言毫无根据。

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There is not a grain of truth in what she says.

她说的没有一句真话。

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universal truths

普遍真理

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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。

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She laughed and chatted but was, in truth, not having much fun.

她虽然又是笑又是侃，但实际上玩得并不开心。

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To tell you the truth, I'll be glad to get home.

说实话，能回家我会很高兴。

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Is it possible to separate truth from fiction?…

有可能把事实与虚构分开吗？

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I must tell you the truth about this business...

我必须告诉你这件事的真相。

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There is no truth in this story...

这个故事纯属虚构。

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Is there any truth to the rumors?...

那些谣言有什么事实依据吗？

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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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

In truth, we were both unhappy.

事实上，我们俩都不快乐。

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To tell you the truth, I was afraid to see him...

坦白说，我害怕见他。

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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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I was very tight with gets with Peter then.

当时我跟彼得跟得很紧.

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A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

真假参半的谎言最险恶.

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The more truth is debated, the clearer it becomes.

真理愈辩愈明.

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In a weak moment, I told him the truth.

我一时心软, 告诉了他真相.

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There is not the least element of truth in his account of what happened.

他对所发生的事情的叙述没有一点真实性.

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His secret died with him, and now we shall never know the truth.

他的秘密随他一起离去, 现在我们永远也不可能知道真相了.

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