| 单词 | truth |
| 释义 | truth (truːθ ) Word forms: truths 1. uncountable noun B1 The truth about something is all the facts about it, rather than things that are imagined or invented. Is it possible to separate truth from fiction? I must tell you the truth about this business. [+ about] The truth of the matter is that we had no other choice. [+ of] In the town very few know the whole truth. ...judgements of truth or falsity. Synonyms: reality, fact(s), real life, actuality 2. uncountable noun B2 If you say that there is some truth in a statement or story, you mean that it is true, or at least partly true. There is no truth in this story. [+ in] Is there any truth to the rumors? [+ to] The criticisms have at least an element of truth and validity. Synonyms: truthfulness, fact, accuracy, honesty 3. countable noun A truth is something that is believed to be true. It is still a basic truth that many women have to work harder than men to get to the same level. Synonyms: honesty, principle, honour, virtue 4. See also home truth, moment of truth 5. in truth phrase You say in truth in order to indicate that you are giving your honest opinion about something. In truth, we were both unhappy. Synonyms: actually, really, in fact, in reality 6. to tell you the truth phrase You say to tell you the truth or truth to tell in order to indicate that you are telling someone something in an open and honest way, without trying to hide anything. To tell you the truth, I was afraid to see him. Truth to tell, John did not want Veronica at his wedding. Quotations: Truth sits upon the lips of dying menSohrab and Rustum Beauty and Truth, though never found, are worthy to be soughtTo David in Heaven `Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' - that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know That is allOde on a Grecian Urn What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answerEssays Truth can never be told so as to be understood, and not believedProverbs of Hell Truth never hurts the tellerFifine at the Fair Truth is within ourselvesParacelsus ' Tis strange - but true; for truth is always strange; Stranger than fictionDon Juan I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sectspeech It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitionsScience and Culture The first casualty when war comes is truthShooting Stars There was things that he stretched, but mainly he told the truthThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The truth is rarely pure, and never simpleThe Importance of Being Earnest The truth is a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, for the truthThe Problem of Neurosis The truth which makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hearA Time for Greatness When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truthThe Sign of Four Truth...may bear all lightsSensus Communis The truth shall make you free Bible: St. John When you want to fool the world, tell the truth It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless of course you are an exceptionally good liar Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errorsScience and Culture and Other Essays Truth is the cry of all, but the game of the fewSiris A truth that's told with bad intent Beats all the lies you can inventAuguries of Innocence Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immenseReflections upon Exile There is truth in wine (in vino veritas) Idioms: be economical with the truth to deceive people by deliberately not telling them the whole truth about something. People use this expression when they want to suggest that someone is being dishonest, but do not actually want to accuse them of lying. She asked repeated questions but only received answers which were at best economical with the truth, at worst deliberately designed to deceive. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: ugly truth So they seized on and magnified examples of noble defeat and self-sacrifice because doing so helped them to conceal the ugly truth. Times, Sunday Times The ugly truth was that we were left in the dust, and it was our own fault. Christianity Today At the heart of the story are three friends whose sheltered lives are rent apart by the ugly truth of their existence. Times, Sunday Times Confronted with this ugly truth, the scoffers mostly denied they had eaten so much. Times, Sunday Times A grunt's-eye-view of combat, it's filled with ugly truth and exceptional performances. Times, Sunday Times But play also discloses the ultimate truth about life. Christianity Today In a culture committed to relativism, hostile toward notions of unchanging, ultimate truth, the gospel can be an offense, no matter how positive my presentation. Christianity Today The ultimate truth he discovered, however, was that you cannot escape from who you are. Times, Sunday Times They're filled with myths and lies, based on someone's personal experience as if that were ultimate truth. Christianity Today He was then overcome with the feeling that love was 'the key to the universe, and the ultimate truth'. Times, Sunday Times The franchise became established, but the uncomfortable truth was that he had been a better ambassador for the club than a player. Times, Sunday Times None of the main political parties has been willing to embrace such changes nor to speak this uncomfortable truth. Times, Sunday Times This was either mischievous casting or a reflection of an uncomfortable truth. Times, Sunday Times Once eight volunteers have learnt the uncomfortable truth about their biological age, they each pursue a selection of lifestyle regimens to monitor the effects. Times,Sunday Times We are less able and less willing to sweep uncomfortable truth under the carpet. Times,Sunday Times So her illustrious granddaughter sets out to uncover the truth once and for all. Times, Sunday Times Her mission: to uncover the truth when she suspected fellow cast members of lying. Times, Sunday Times As she tries to uncover the truth, she ends up in mortal danger. The Sun There never has been and never will be a good time to uncover the truth about this country's past. Times, Sunday Times Being a doctor, you'd think it shouldn't take him too long to uncover the truth. The Sun Five minutes later, the thought has grown into a poisonous orb of undeniable truth. Times, Sunday Times Yet all of them were voicing the undeniable truth. The Sun That's the undeniable truth about immigration. The Sun They are the undeniable truths. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Among the meaningful stuff there was a universal truth here, no deeper than 'we all like little fluffy things'. Times, Sunday Times They come to feel more akin to some universal truth. Times, Sunday Times But publicly, emphatically, she denied this universal truth. Times, Sunday Times His quest for universal truth was idiosyncratic in 20th century theology: who else attempted so much? Christianity Today The action and the language, while very much of its time, speak a universal truth. Times, Sunday Times They have to face up to this unpalatable truth. The Sun Someone has to say what may be an unpalatable truth not always apparent to non-army families. Times, Sunday Times But behind this happy facade lies a very unpalatable truth. Times, Sunday Times I apologise for this unpalatable truth, but we are actually a richer nation now than we were then. Times, Sunday Times The unpalatable truth - that someone will have to look after us all - jars with the selfishness that has come with prosperity. Times, Sunday Times Tinny and bitter, as if someone had dissolved an aspirin or an unpleasant truth in it. Times, Sunday Times It also demonstrated, in the most dramatic way, what happens when a state tries to contain and conceal unpleasant truth in a concrete covering of lies. Times, Sunday Times It reveals a harsh and unpleasant truth. The Sun Back in 1980 the word 'demonise' was not in common use as a way of pre-emptively rebutting unpleasant truths about someone or something. Times, Sunday Times All too many considerations of family justice — what happens when families break up — are confused by attempts to avoid unpleasant truths. Times, Sunday Times It may be that the three leaders felt that telling the unvarnished truth was too great a risk so close to a general election. Times, Sunday Times They attempted to give us the unvarnished truth. The Sun Yet he intended only to give us the unvarnished truth about what kind of politics actually works. Times,Sunday Times Only when we illuminate the dark corners and tell the unvarnished truth can we learn history’s lessons and bridge the gaps that divide us. Smithsonian Mag But in the coming months as we tackle that threat, abroad and here at home, he must give us the unvarnished truth. The Sun Unfortunately, she won't be promoting the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, but needs must. Times, Sunday Times Although the camera didn't exactly lie, it didn't tell the whole truth. Times, Sunday Times And she now has no reason not to tell the whole truth. Times, Sunday Times Most every temptation proceeds by offering almost the whole truth. Christianity Today The public can learn half the truth but not the whole truth. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 真理 Japanese: 事実 |
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