Truth
[truːθ] or [trʊθ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a fact that has been verified; 'at last he knew the truth'; 'the truth is that he didn't want to do it'.
(noun.) a true statement; 'he told the truth'; 'he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it'.
(noun.) United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883).
(noun.) conformity to reality or actuality; 'they debated the truth of the proposition'; 'the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat'; 'he was famous for the truth of his portraits'; 'he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities'.
海尔格校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The quality or being true; as: -- (a) Conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with that which is, or has been; or shall be.
(n.) Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, object of imitation, or the like.
(n.) Fidelity; constancy; steadfastness; faithfulness.
(n.) The practice of speaking what is true; freedom from falsehood; veracity.
(n.) That which is true or certain concerning any matter or subject, or generally on all subjects; real state of things; fact; verity; reality.
(n.) A true thing; a verified fact; a true statement or proposition; an established principle, fixed law, or the like; as, the great truths of morals.
(n.) Righteousness; true religion.
(v. t.) To assert as true; to declare.
詹森錄入
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Fact, reality, verity, actual existence, matter of fact, stubborn fact, not a dream, not a fancy, not an illusion.[2]. Conformity to fact or reality.[3]. Principle, axiom, law, canon.[4]. Veracity, truthfulness, honesty, sincerity, integrity, frankness, ingenuousness, candor.[5]. Faithfulness, fidelity, constancy.[6]. Exactness, accuracy, nicety, precision.
塞西莉整理
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Veracity, verity, fact, fidelity, faithfulness, exactness, accuracy, precision,[See FAITHFUL]
手打:温迪
解釋/意思:
n. that which is true or according to the facts of the case: agreement with reality: true state of things or facts: practice of speaking or disposition to speak the truth: fidelity: genuineness: righteous conduct: a true statement: an established principle: in the fine arts a faithful adherence to nature.—adj. Truth′ful full of truth: according to or adhering to truth: reliable.—adv. Truth′fully.—ns. Truth′fulness; Truth′iness.—adj. Truth′less.—ns. Truth′lessness; Truth′-lov′er; Truth′-tell′er one who speaks the truth.—adjs. Truth′-writ truthfully written; Truth′y truthful.—God's truth a thing or statement absolutely true; In truth truly in fact; Of a truth (B.) truly.
达伦編輯
娱乐性解釋/意思:
n. An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy which is the most ancient occupation of the human mind and has a fair prospect of existing with increasing activity to the end of time.
編輯:维尔玛
例句/造句/用法:
- In speaking of education Plato rather startles us by affirming that a child must be trained in falsehood first and in truth afterwards. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Truth to tell, the supper had been waiting a most unreasonable time. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Rawdon acquiesced in the justice of her opinion; and in truth he had remarked that after a few nights of his little suppers, &c. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- I have only a little time here, she said, but I would have you to know the whole truth. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Do you know, sir--do you know for truth--that it has pleased God to take her? 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- In a still narrower sense the truth of the Preacher's declaration is apparent:-- In an address before the Anthropological Society of Washington in 1885, the late Prof. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- IF YOU WOULD FORGIVE YOUR ENEMY, says the Malay proverb, FIRST INFLICT A HURT ON HIM; and Lily was experiencing the truth of the apothegm. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Whether truth--be it religious or moral truth--speak eloquently and in well-chosen language or not, its voice should be heard with reverence. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- After all, I'd rather know the truth. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- He had no suspicion that they ran any risk of being houseless until morning; had no idea of the truth until long, long afterwards. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- I am not ashamed to tell you the honest truth. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Rosanna wasn't Nancy, and that's the truth of it! 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Any of the staid, respectable, aged people who were there that night can testify to the truth of that statement. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Truth isn't a bad game, said Fred. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- To youto my two daughtersI may venture on the truth. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- O, certainly, she will discover that, and a world of wholesome truths besides, no doubt, said St. Clare. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- It contains as fundamental truths as have been uttered about education in conjunction with a curious twist. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Scientific law appeared not merely as a formulation and explanation of observed phenomena but as a means for the discovery of new truths. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Bear with the truths I would tell you now, dearest Emma, as well as you have borne with them. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- This is a land of fancy, not of fact; so why bring in your hard truths to destroy the glory of tradition? 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Is not the Republic the vehicle of three or four great truths which, to Plato's own mind, are most naturally represented in the form of the State? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Men living about London are aware of these awful truths. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Dorothea, with all her eagerness to know the truths of life, retained very childlike ideas about marriage. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I would suggest to such doubters certain obvious distinctions; I would remind them of certain simple truths. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- To formulate new truths in the world of ideas is the prerogative o f minds gifted with exceptional reason. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- The old great truths BAD been true. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- I must, I will tell you truths while I can. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Yes, but that truth is a thousand truths which grow and change. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Till then they would be pure truths for him. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Half-truths and illusions, if you like, but tonic. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
錄入:昆西