TRUE
[truː] or [tru]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment; 'out of true'.
(verb.) make level, square, balanced, or concentric; 'true up the cylinder of an engine'.
(adj.) accurately placed or thrown; 'his aim was true'; 'he was dead on target' .
(adj.) accurately fitted; level; 'the window frame isn't quite true' .
(adj.) devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth; 'true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them' .
(adj.) consistent with fact or reality; not false; 'the story is true'; 'it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true'- B. Russell; 'the true meaning of the statement' .
(adj.) conforming to definitive criteria; 'the horseshoe crab is not a true crab'; 'Pythagoras was the first true mathematician' .
(adj.) having a legally established claim; 'the legitimate heir'; 'the true and lawful king' .
(adj.) determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles; 'true north is geographic north' .
(adj.) rightly so called; 'true courage'; 'a spirit which true men have always admired'; 'a true friend' .
(adv.) as acknowledged; 'true, she is the smartest in her class'.
杰西整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or the like; as, a true relation or narration; a true history; a declaration is true when it states the facts.
(n.) Right to precision; conformable to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate; as, a true copy; a true likeness of the original.
(n.) Steady in adhering to friends, to promises, to a prince, or the like; unwavering; faithful; loyal; not false, fickle, or perfidious; as, a true friend; a wife true to her husband; an officer true to his charge.
(n.) Actual; not counterfeit, adulterated, or pretended; genuine; pure; real; as, true balsam; true love of country; a true Christian.
(adv.) In accordance with truth; truly.
整理:米切尔
同義詞及近義詞:
a. [1]. Real, genuine, veritable, actual, conformable to fact.[2]. Truthful, veracious, sincere, candid, frank, honest, honorable, pure.[3]. Faithful, constant, steady, loyal, not perfidious.[4]. Exact, accurate, correct, conformable to a rule.
柏格編輯
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Veritable, veracious, explicit, precis, accurate, faithful, actual, loyal,genuine, pure, real
"ANT:Fictitious, unreliable, unhistorical, untrustworthy, inveracious, false,inaccurate, unfaithful, faithless, fickle, treacherous, erroneous, spurious,perfidious, counterfeit, adulterated"
克雷格編輯
解釋/意思:
adj. agreeing with fact: worthy of belief or confidence: certain: trusty: genuine: normal: (anat.) complete: exact: straight: right: rightful: honest.—v.t. to make straight in position &c.—n. (obs.) truth a pledge: a truce.—n. True′-blue a faithful partisan.—adjs. True′-born of true or genuine birth: having a right by birth; True′-bred of a true or genuine birth: of good breeding or manners; True′-derived′ (Shak.) legitimate; True′-devot′ed (Shak.) full of honest zeal; True′-dispos′ing (Shak.) just; True′-heart′ed sincere.—ns. True′-heart′edness; True′-love one truly or really beloved: a sweetheart: the herb-Paris (see Herb).—adj. affectionate.—ns. True′-love′-knot True′-lov′er's-knot lines interwoven with many involutions fancifully held as an emblem of interwoven affection; True′ness; True′-penn′y (Shak.) an honest fellow.—adv. Tru′ly.—True bill a bill of indictment endorsed after investigation by a grand jury as containing a well-founded charge; True rib a rib attached to spine and sternum—opp. to Floating rib.
整理:胡安妮塔
例句/造句/用法:
- American deposits in the Miocene display a great variety of camels, giraffe camels with long necks, gazelle camels, llamas, and true camels. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Bleak House; true. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- My next words, as true as the good God is above us, will put my life into your hands. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The world of sense is still depreciated and identified with opinion, though admitted to be a shadow of the true. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- True, but the question is, may she be won? 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- And nothing's truer than them. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Could I look at my failure from no truer point of view than this? 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Where shall we see a better daughter, or a kinder sister, or a truer friend? 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- A new philosophical basis is becoming increasingly necessary to socialism--one that may not be truer than the old materialism but that shall simply be more useful. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- That is true, truer than most politicians would admit in public. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Believe me, and Elinor spoke it with the truest sincerity, nothing could be farther from my intention than to give you such an idea. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- I was the truest wife that ever lived, though I married my husband out of pique, because somebody else--but never mind that. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- And which of the three has the truest knowledge and the widest experience? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Confide some other passion to me, if you will; I will be the truest, warmest, and most faithful friend you have. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Our dearest, truest, kindest friend and protector? 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
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