| 单词 | fact of life |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfact of life fact of life n. a thing that cannot be changed and so needs to be accepted, however unpleasant or unpalatable that may be; a (stark) reality of existence. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > [noun] > a reality or a real thing or state of things visagec1374 fact?1560 actuality1587 reality1613 real1615 realty1616 fact of lifea1806 ground truth1833 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [noun] > truth known by observation, fact > plain fact plainc1385 fact1542 matter of fact1583 fact of lifea1806 brute fact1874 a1806 J. Barry in R. N. Wornum Lect. on Painting (1848) 107 Our subsequent experience of the real facts of life presents us with a constitution of things exceedingly different and much worse. 1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 98 I went to the woods because I wished..to front only the essential facts of life. 1893 ‘S. Grand’ Heavenly Twins i. i. 6 He snubbed Evadne promptly..when she mentioned a fact of life... ‘Only confusion comes of women thinking for themselves on social subjects,’ he said. 1908 K. Grahame Wind in Willows ix. 196 To-day, the unseen was everything, the unknown the only real fact of life. 1967 Boston Sunday Globe 23 Apr. 20/3 The conservationists' warning that we will bury ourselves in our own trash will become a fact of life. 2009 Guardian 21 Sept. (Media section) 3/5 Downsizing, and strategic planning for competition, is a fact of life in most companies. < as lemmas |
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