truth /truːθ/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-UNCOUNT The truth about something is all the facts about it, rather than things that are imagined or invented. 实情; 真相

  例：

  Is it possible to separate truth from fiction?

  有可能区分事实和谎言吗？

  例：

  I must tell you the truth about this business.

  我必须告诉你这桩交易的真相。

• 2. 

  N-UNCOUNT If you say that there is some truth in a statement or story, you mean that it is true, or at least partly true. 真实性

  例：

  There is no truth in this story.

  这个故事不具备真实性。

  例：

  Is there any truth to the rumours?

  这些谣传有事实根据吗？

• 3. 

  N-COUNT A truth is something that is believed to be true. 真理

  例：

  It is an almost universal truth that the more we are promoted in a job, the less we actually exercise the skills we initially used to perform it.

  一个几乎普遍的真理是，工作上提升得越高，我们最初的那些工作技能实际上就用得越少。

• 4. 

  PHRASE You say to tell you the truth or truth to tell in order to indicate that you are telling someone something in an open and honest way, without trying to hide anything. 跟你说实话

  例：

  To tell you the truth, I was afraid to see him.

  跟你说实话，我怕见到他。