truth

英 [truːθ] 美 [truːθ]

• n. 事实；真理；真实；真相

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]事实,真相,实情

   that which is true

2. [U]真实性

   quality or state of being true

3. [C]真理

   fact, belief, etc. that is accepted as true

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 真实性，真实
2. 事实，真相，实情，真实情况
3. 真理
4. 诚实，老实；说实话
5. 陈词滥调；老生常谈
6. 逼真；如实再现
7. 思想体系
8. 【核】真；顶夸克（特性）

英英释义

Noun:

1. a fact that has been verified;

   "at last he knew the truth"
   "the truth is that 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 being near to the true value;

   "he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"
   "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account"
   

5. United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883)

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. It is far from the truth.
   这哪里是事实。
2. The truth verified the allegations.
   事实证明了这些说法。
3. Practice is the sole criterion of truth.
   实践是检验真理的唯一标准。
4. In science, mistakes always precede the truth.
   在科学的领域中，错误一定会出现在真理之前。
5. There is no truth in what he says.
   他说的没有一句实话。
6. Your remark was wide of the truth.
   你说的话很不真实。
7. He tried to varnish over the truth with a lie.
   他试图用谎言来掩盖真相。
8. They were waiting with assurance for me to discover the truth for myself.
   他们自信地等待我自己发现事实真相。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. I'm going to ascertain the truth.
   我要查明真相。
2. Your account of what happened approximates the truth, but there are several small errors.
   你对有关发生情况的叙述基本属实,不过其中有几点小差错。
3. The crowd accepted her statement as truth.
   人们认为她说的是实情。
4. She could not bear to be confronted with the truth.
   如果她了解事实的真相,她会受不了的。
5. I certified that the facts written here are the truth.
   我保证这里所写的属实。
6. He thinks that truth lies on either side or on neither side.
   他认为或者是双方都有理,或者是双方都没理。
7. How can you go on pretending that all is well, when the sad truth about your relationship is staring you in the face?
   你们关系不好,这可悲的事实是明摆着的,你怎么还能假装没事儿呢?
8. The truth is she is spoilt by her grandmother.
   实际情况是她被她奶奶惯坏了。
9. She tailored the lie to look like the truth.
   她将谎话编得好像确有其事一样。
10. I grant the truth of what he says.
    我承认他说的是真的。
11. I'll question the truth of his words.
    我将问他说的是不是真话。
12. I recognized the truth of your statement.
    我承认你说的是真的。
13. I can't answer for the truth of the statement.
    我对此声明的真实性不能保证。
14. Are you satisfied of the truth of his story?
    你完全相信他说的那件事的真实性吗?
15. Time sponges out all trace of truth.
    时间会抹去真理的一切痕迹。
16. These are striking proofs of this truth.
    这些就是这一真理的有力证明。

～+that-clause

1. You must awake to the truth that an objective law is independent of man's will.
   你必须认识到,客观规律是不以人们的意志为转移的。
2. No matter how rich and famous he became, he never lost sight of the truth that he was born in the slums.
   无论他已多么富有和出名,他从不忘记他出生于贫民窟。

经典引文

• The king had alwayes known his truth and fidelitie towarde the crowne of Fraunce.

  出自： R. Grafton

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

bring out the truth

获知秘密的事 obtain sth secret

burst on the truth

突然发现真理 discover truth suddenly

come at the truth

弄明白,弄清楚 ascertain

elicit the truth

引出真相,探出真相 draw out facts, a response, etc. from sb

evolve the truth

推断事实真相 develop truth in gradual stages (from sth)

find out the truth

发现真实情况 discover a deceitful act

hold back the truth

隐瞒真相 keep a secret

know the truth

知道真相 know the facts

learn the truth

知道事实真相 know the truth

search for the truth

寻求真理 discover truth by enquiry or search

seek after the truth

寻求真理 discover truth by searching

speak the truth

说实话 tell the truth

tell the truth

讲真话; 说实话 speak the truth; be perfectly honest
tell the truth
Thanks for the drink, but to tell the truth I prefer tea to coffee.

谢谢你的饮料,不过说实话,我喜欢茶胜于咖啡。
To tell the truth,I'm not very interested in going to the show.

说实在的,我不太想去看演出。
I consider it my duty to tell the truth.

我认为有责任说明真相。
Fixing the boy with a steady look, the teacher forced him to tell the truth.

老师紧盯着这个男孩,迫使他讲出实情。
Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?

你发誓据实陈述而绝无谎言吗?
You could almost see him struggling with his conscience before he chose to tell the truth.

在他最后决定说出实情前,你简直能看见他内心在激烈地斗争。
“I suggest”, said the inspector,“that you are not telling the truth”.

“我认为”,探长说,“你没有讲实话”。
Don't frighten me.He is telling the truth.

不要吓我,他说的是真的。
After looking me up and down for a few minutes, he decided that I was telling the truth.

他仔细打量了我几分钟之后,认定我是在讲实话。
I'm sure the prisoner is not telling the truth; talk to him and see if you can catch him out.

我能肯定,那个囚犯在撒谎,跟他谈谈,看看能否设法揭穿他的假话。
The witness is asked to swear upon the Bible that he will tell the truth.

证人被要求手抚《圣经》发誓,一定讲出实情。
The witness swore that she would tell the truth.

证人发誓要据实陈述。 tell sb the truth
Joe prayed us not to tell his wife the truth.

乔求我们不要把实情告诉他妻子。
She refused to tell us the truth.

她拒不对我们讲真情。

withhold the truth

不说真话 not tell the truth

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• clear up the truth 澄清真相
• establish the truth 查明真相
• face the truth 面对真相
• face up to the truth 面对真相
• find out the truth 查明真相
• search for the truth 寻求真理
• speak the truth 说实话
• tell the truth 讲出实情,说实话

形容词+～

• bitter truth 令人痛苦的事实真相
• cold truth 冷酷的事实真相
• historical truth 历史的真相
• plain truth 赤裸裸的事实真相,不加修饰的事实真相

介词+～

• in truth 事实上,老实说
• out of truth 有毛病,不准确

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. truth的基本意思是“真实,真相,事实”,是不可数名词。引申可作“真理”解,是可数名词。
2. truth表示“真话,实话”“真实性”时,是不可数名词,常与the连用。truth后可接of短语作定语,也可接that引导的同位语从句。
3. truth作安装、调整等的“准确,正,准”等解时,主要用在英式英语中。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

truth, reality

• 这两个词都有“真实,现实”的意思。其区别在于：truth强调与实际相符。reality指实际存在、实际看到或经历过的事实,也可指抽象的客观现实,还可指艺术塑造和真实存在非常相像、逼真。例如:
• This is not imagination but reality.这不是想象,而是现实。
• He became that country's ruler both in name and in reality.他成了该国名义上和事实上统治者。
• The child thought he was being helpful, but in reality he was a nuisance.那孩子认为他在帮忙,但实际上他是个令人讨厌的家伙。

下面两句话的意思相同：

• There is some truth in his remarks.
• There is some truth to his remarks.
• 他的话有些道理。

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。

常见错误

n. (名词)

1. 这些文件可以证明我们讲的都是事实。

   误 These documents will prove that we are telling the truths.

   正 These documents will prove that we are telling the truth.

2. 我们无法使他相信她讲的是实话。

   误 We could not persuade him that she was telling the truths.

   正 We could not persuade him that she was telling the truth.

   析 tell the truth是习语,意思是“讲真话,说实话”, truth的词尾不加-s。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的triewth，意为忠实。

近反义词

【近义词】

• accuracy
• faith

【反义词】

• falsehood