Fact
[fækt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred; 'first you must collect all the facts of the case'.
(noun.) a concept whose truth can be proved; 'scientific hypotheses are not facts'.
(noun.) a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened; 'he supported his argument with an impressive array of facts'.
(noun.) an event known to have happened or something known to have existed; 'your fears have no basis in fact'; 'how much of the story is fact and how much fiction is hard to tell'.
卡洛琳手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A doing, making, or preparing.
(n.) An effect produced or achieved; anything done or that comes to pass; an act; an event; a circumstance.
(n.) Reality; actuality; truth; as, he, in fact, excelled all the rest; the fact is, he was beaten.
(n.) The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing; sometimes, even when false, improperly put, by a transfer of meaning, for the thing done, or supposed to be done; a thing supposed or asserted to be done; as, history abounds with false facts.
校對:凯尔西
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Incident, event, occurrence, circumstance, act, deed, performance, thing done.[2]. Reality, act, actuality, certainty, real existence.
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同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Truth, deed, occurrence, certainty, circumstance, event, reality
ANT:Fiction, supposition, falsehood, unreality, lie, delusion, chimera, invention,romance
亨利錄入
解釋/意思:
n. a deed or anything done: anything that comes to pass: reality or a real state of things as distinguished from a mere statement or belief a datum of experience: truth: the assertion of a thing done: an evil deed a sense now surviving only in 'to confess the fact ' 'after' or 'before the fact.'—adj. Fact′ual pertaining to facts: actual.—ns. Factual′ity; Fact′um a thing done a deed.—As a matter of fact in reality.—The fact of the matter the plain truth about the subject in question.
校對:奥利弗
例句/造句/用法:
- I am also to take it as a matter of fact that the proposal to withdraw from the engagement came, in the first instance, from YOU? 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- One sees very little about it in the newspapers and popular magazines, in spite of the fact that it is the keystone, so to speak, of the motion-picture industry. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Reply: I fancy, though we never met, that you and I are in fact acquainted, and understand each other perfectly. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The fact is, my young friend,' said Mr. Stiggins solemnly, 'he has an obderrate bosom. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The sign Bell out of order is usually due to the fact that the battery is either temporarily or permanently exhausted. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- It was the superficial unreal world of fact. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- In childhood and youth, with their relative freedom from economic stress, this fact is naked and unconcealed. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- He was, in fact, the most agreeable young man the sisters had ever known, and they were equally delighted with him. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- I seem to have been doing that ever since I knew you, judging from your frequent mention of the fact. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- There were, in fact, but few things which Luttrell did not vote a tax on life, being one of the most dissatisfied men I ever knew. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- One was the fact that his father should, according to his account, cry 'Cooee! 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- In fact, he did not know anything about the station, anyway. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- It was, in fact, the cause of my throwing myself in Mr Boffin's way, and entering his service. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Its great interest for the history of thought lies in the fact that it is the result of seeking the constant in the variable, the unitary principle in the multiple phenomena of nature. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- At the old lodgings it was understood that he was summoned to Dover, and, in fact, he was taken down the Dover road and cornered out of it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Mrs. Bulstrode did not wish to go nearer to the facts than in the phrase make some amends; knowing that her husband must understand her. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- You see all _facts_ go to prove what I say. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Those were very simple facts, and my judgment went no farther. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- It is more laborious to accumulate facts than to reason concerning them; but one good experiment is of more value than the ingenuity of a brain like Newton's. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- It is at present a quite inexplicable story, and we give these preposterous facts with no attempt to rationalize them. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The influence of analogy led him to invent 'parallels and conjugates' and to overlook facts. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Those are the facts of the case, Doctor, and if they are of any use to your collection, I am sure that they are very heartily at your service. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- I have heard professors reply that it wasn't their business to discuss human nature but to record and interpret economic and political facts. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- No one expects the young to make original discoveries of just the same facts and principles as are embodied in the sciences of nature and man. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- But come, I will lift a portion of the veil, and place you in possession of facts which may be of use to you in the future. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- You can call my attention to all these facts, retorted Crispin promptly, but you don't enter that house until I know what you are going to do. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Here at least were intelligible facts regarding landscape--far-reaching proofs productive of genuine satisfaction. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- It is hoped that these facts will demonstrate to the Northern people that negro soldiers cannot cope with Southerners. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- It is a hereditary matter; so in order to give you an idea of the facts, I must go back to the commencement of the affair. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
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