英语词汇“ring of truth”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P2. ring of truth: a reassuring or convincing inherent quality, esp. of a statement or utterance.ring of truth occasionally occurs in figurative contexts with the sense of ring n.¹ 1.

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1843 Illuminated Mag. 1 185/2 There was a ring of truth and good-fellowship in the man's voice, that, as we felt, made us old acquaintances.

1887 R. B. Haldane Life Adam Smith ii. 21 Ponderous though the excellent professor's description is, we can recognize in it a certain ring of truth.

1919 A. Safroni-Middleton South Sea Foam (1920) xv. 285 Perhaps it will not be of place to tell one of the yarns that we heard at the Hermitage,—not a swashbuckling story, but a tale that had the indisputable ring of truth in it.

1968 B. H. Smith Poetic Closure iv. 157 Certain utterances which neither conform to our expectations nor confirm our experiences (verbal or otherwise) may nevertheless have the ring of truth because of a quality that we might call the tone of authority.

2000 Sleazenation Dec.–Jan. 105/5 The Nice New Year's beach party promises to be a stormer, which of course all parties do.., but for once the claim just might have a ring of truth to it.

单词	ring of truth
释义	> as lemmas ring of truth P2. ring of truth: a reassuring or convincing inherent quality, esp. of a statement or utterance.ring of truth occasionally occurs in figurative contexts with the sense of ring n.¹ 1. ΚΠ 1843 Illuminated Mag. 1 185/2 There was a ring of truth and good-fellowship in the man's voice, that, as we felt, made us old acquaintances. 1887 R. B. Haldane Life Adam Smith ii. 21 Ponderous though the excellent professor's description is, we can recognize in it a certain ring of truth. 1919 A. Safroni-Middleton South Sea Foam (1920) xv. 285 Perhaps it will not be of place to tell one of the yarns that we heard at the Hermitage,—not a swashbuckling story, but a tale that had the indisputable ring of truth in it. 1968 B. H. Smith Poetic Closure iv. 157 Certain utterances which neither conform to our expectations nor confirm our experiences (verbal or otherwise) may nevertheless have the ring of truth because of a quality that we might call the tone of authority. 2000 Sleazenation Dec.–Jan. 105/5 The Nice New Year's beach party promises to be a stormer, which of course all parties do.., but for once the claim just might have a ring of truth to it. extracted from ringn.² < as lemmas
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