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

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quarter-truth

quarter-truth n. [after half-truth n.]

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a1864 in S. S. Cox Eight Years in Congr. (1865) 367 Human nature is imperfect; it can ordinarily take in only half or quarter truths.

1954 Times 29 Oct. 9/4 We would in fact greatly prefer him, instead of trotting out misleading quarter-truths..to make it clear that he knew nothing about us.

1991 J. Simpson in Observer 28 Apr. 23/1 The war and the rebellions have changed everything in Baghdad. There's even information nowadays, instead of the old quarter-truths.

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单词	quarter-truth
释义	> as lemmas quarter-truth quarter-truth n. [after half-truth n.] ΚΠ a1864 in S. S. Cox Eight Years in Congr. (1865) 367 Human nature is imperfect; it can ordinarily take in only half or quarter truths. 1954 Times 29 Oct. 9/4 We would in fact greatly prefer him, instead of trotting out misleading quarter-truths..to make it clear that he knew nothing about us. 1991 J. Simpson in Observer 28 Apr. 23/1 The war and the rebellions have changed everything in Baghdad. There's even information nowadays, instead of the old quarter-truths. extracted from quartern. < as lemmas
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