- Truth is something that squares with reality. When you are sworn in to give testimony in a U.S. court of law, you promise to "tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth."
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- n. 事实；真相
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1. Do you think she's telling the truth?
你认为她在讲实话吗？
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2. The truth is we can't afford to keep all the staff on.
实际情况是我们无力继续聘用所有的职员。
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3. There is no truth in the rumours.
这些谣言毫无根据。
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4. universal truths
普遍真理
- truth (n.) Old English triewð (West Saxon), treowð (Mercian) "faith, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty; veracity, quality of being true; pledge, covenant," from Germanic abstract noun *treuwitho, from Proto-Germanic treuwaz "having or characterized by good faith," from PIE *drew-o-, a suffixed form of the root *deru- "be firm, solid, steadfast." With Germanic abstract noun suffix *-itho (see -th (2)).
truth ★ / truːθ ; NAmE truːθ / noun ( plural truths / truːðz ; NAmE truːðz / ) 1 ★ the truth [singular ] the true facts about sth, rather than the things that have been invented or guessed 真相；实情；事实；真实情况 ◆ Do you think she's telling the truth? 你认为她在讲实话吗？ ◆ We are determined to get at (= discover)the truth. 我们决心查出真相。 ◆ The truth (of the matter) iswe can't afford to keep all the staff on. 实际情况是我们无力继续聘用所有的职员。 ◆ I don't think you are telling me the whole truthabout what happened. 我认为你没有把事情的全部真相都告诉我。 2 ★ [uncountable ] the quality or state of being based on fact 真实；真实性 ◆ There is no truth in the rumours. 这些谣言毫无根据。 ◆ There is not a grain of truthin what she says. 她说的没有一句真话。 OPP falsity 3 [countable ] a fact that is believed by most people to be true 真理 ◆ universal truths 普遍真理 ◆ She was forced to face up to a few unwelcome truths about her family. 她不得不正视有关她家的几桩尴尬事。 ☞compare untruth (1 ) ☞see also half-truth , home truth IDIOMS if (the) ˌtruth be ˈknown/ˈtold used to tell sb the true facts about a situation, especially when these are not known by other people （用于说出真相）说实话，说真的，老实说 in ˈtruth ( formal) used to emphasize the true facts about a situation （强调真实情况）的确，事实上 ◆ She laughed and chatted but was, in truth, not having much fun. 她虽然又是笑又是侃，但实际上玩得并不开心。 ˌnothing could be ˌfurther from the ˈtruth used to say that a fact or comment is completely false 大错特错；假到极点；荒谬绝伦 to tell (you) the ˈtruth ( informal) used when admitting sth （承认某事）说实话，老实说 ◆ To tell you the truth, I'll be glad to get home. 说实话，能回家我会很高兴。 ˌtruth is stranger than ˈfiction ( saying) used to say that things that actually happen are often more surprising than stories that are invented 现实比虚构更不可思议 (the) ˌtruth will ˈout ( saying) used to say that people will find out the true facts about a situation even if you try to keep them secret 真相终将大白于天下；纸包不住火；终会水落石出 ☞more at bend v. , economical , moment truth truths truth / truːθ ; NAmE truːθ / truths / truːðz ; NAmE truːðz /
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