英语词汇“home truth”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

home truth n. a disagreeable fact about oneself, esp. as pointed out by another person.

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1697 G. Stanhope tr. P. Charron Of Wisdom II. iii. iii. 412 Frankness of Humour, and Home-Truths by way of Admonition or Reproof..are yet seldom well taken.

1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. v. iii. 328 If he has indiscreetly spoken some Home-Truth.

1843 G. W. Le Fevre Life Trav. Physician II. i. xiii. 16 People who pique themselves upon telling home truths.

1935 C. Isherwood Mr. Norris changes Trains xv. 243 Arthur's orientally sensitive spirit shrank from the rough, healthy, modern catch-as-catch-can of home-truths and confessions.

1992 J. Torrington Swing Hammer Swing! xxii. 190 Let's face some home truths, Clay; you're a moral skunk, a feculent fuckup of a man.

单词	home truth
释义	> as lemmas home truth home truth n. a disagreeable fact about oneself, esp. as pointed out by another person. ΚΠ 1697 G. Stanhope tr. P. Charron Of Wisdom II. iii. iii. 412 Frankness of Humour, and Home-Truths by way of Admonition or Reproof..are yet seldom well taken. 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. v. iii. 328 If he has indiscreetly spoken some Home-Truth. 1843 G. W. Le Fevre Life Trav. Physician II. i. xiii. 16 People who pique themselves upon telling home truths. 1935 C. Isherwood Mr. Norris changes Trains xv. 243 Arthur's orientally sensitive spirit shrank from the rough, healthy, modern catch-as-catch-can of home-truths and confessions. 1992 J. Torrington Swing Hammer Swing! xxii. 190 Let's face some home truths, Clay; you're a moral skunk, a feculent fuckup of a man. extracted from homen.¹adj. < as lemmas
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