单词 | bottom fact |
释义 | > as lemmasbottom fact bottom fact n. chiefly U.S. (now rare) a fundamental, basic, or unalterable fact; chiefly in plural. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [noun] > true facts or circumstances the soothc897 rightOE trutha1382 the feat ofa1400 verity1422 the whole story1565 fact1578 the right way (also regionally gate) (of)a1628 bottom fact1864 where it's (he's, she's) at1903 inside1904 dinkum1916 1864 H. Bushnell Christ & his Salvation xv. 322 What is more continually asserted by thieves and gamblers, than the maxim that the world owes them a living... Whereas the bottom fact of all is, that they hate the bad necessity of work. 1877 N.Y. Tribune 17 Mar. Curiosity has been on the tiptoe these many weeks to know the bottom facts. 1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi xliii. 440 Though there ain't only one or two ways when you come down to the bottom facts of it. 2003 T. Honderich After Terror (rev. ed.) i. 29 The bottom fact of it all, if not the only fact, is that the lives of several million people have been made what we are calling bad by wrongful actions of people who suffered uniquely before them—and by actions of their supporters elsewhere. < as lemmas |
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