单词 | truth is |
释义 | > as lemmas(the) truth is a. (the) truth is (also †truth it is): used to emphasize that even though what the speaker is saying may be candid or unexpected, he or she is only stating what is true. ΚΠ ?1531 R. Barnes Supplic. Kinge Henrye VIII f. viii The truth ys yov were neuer wonte lenger to holde with them than they dyd maintayne youre carnalle desyers and doo those thynges that you commaunded them to doo. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. i. iv. f. 4v/1 Of quhat sum euer natioun thay ben discendit, treuth is, efter thair cumyng in Albion, thay war ane ciuill pepyl. 1665 R. Brathwait Comment Two Tales Chaucer 110 Truth is, he was shrewd to me, and gave me store of rib roast. 1712 W. Darrell Gentleman Instructed: 3rd Pt. i. 13 The truth is he had been bred up with the Groom, and transplanted the Stable dialect into the Dressing-Room. 1817 N. Amer. Rev. July 157 The truth is, no official or correct account of these transactions was given in the papers of the day. 1860 T. Carlyle Let. 15 Mar. in Corr. T. Carlyle & J. Ruskin (1982) 85 The maid brought in her Cigar Box,—the third... Truth is, I am not yet half way thro' the First Box. 1940 M. Dickens Mariana vii. 244 I wasn't going to tell you, but the truth is, I am in a bit of a fix. 1988 Mother Jones July 14/3 The truth is, nobody really knows why ratings go up or down. 2010 Times (Nexis) 2 July 79 The truth is we cannot afford not to equip ourselves for the world of tomorrow. < as lemmas |
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