英语词汇“to tell the 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. to tell (the) truth: (used parenthetically) (a) indeed, truly (used to emphasize a statement) (b) to be frank, to be honest (used esp. to preface an admission of something). Similarly truth (also sooth) to tell.See also if (the) truth be told at truth n. and adv. Phrases 3c.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adverb] > as emphasis

God (it) wot?c1225

goddot?a1289

sooth to sayc1330

truth (also sooth) to tella1375

honestly1819

honest Indian1854

truthfully1854

honest Injun1857

on the level1872

straight1874

honest1876

square dinkum1888

no kidding1901

straight-up1963

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 34 Þe couherdes hound..fast þider fulwes, & sone as he it seiȝ, soþe forto telle, he gan to berke on þat barn.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 160 But trewþe for to telle whan time come of daye [etc.].

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. l. 1598 To telle trowthe, Sche..Were worthi thanne to be blamed.

c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) ii. l. 77 For to telle trouthe..me thynketh That no manere meyntenour shulde..haue lordis leuere þe lawe to apeire.

1553 C. Tye Actes of Apostles (new ed.) viii. sig. G.vi A certayne man, there was whose name Was Simon truth to tell.

?1566 W. P. tr. C. S. Curio Pasquine in Traunce f. 43^v If these newes displeased them, it doth the more please me, for (to tell the truth) they are growen into suche a deadly hatred with me..that [etc.].

1582 J. Yates Castell of Courtesie f. 49 But sooth to tell, Time with her Time can euery thing bestowe.

1613 F. Beaumont Knight of Burning Pestle iv. i. sig. H2 Lady before I go, I must remember Your fathers Officers, who truth to tell, Haue beene about me very diligent.

1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. xiii. 133 Mother Cunny (to tell the truth) was the Nick-name of that Corpulent Matron.

1756 D. Hume Let. 20 Apr. (1932) I. 229 But to tell the truth, we people in the country (for such you Londoners esteem our city) are apt to be troublesome to you people in the town.

a1777 S. Foote Maid of Bath (1778) iii. 57 Dost think one could not get her on easier terms than on marriage?..To tell truth, Billy, I have always had that in my head.

1837 Flowers of Fiction 235/1 To tell the truth, you're looking very ill.

1855 H. Rogers Ess. II. vii. 323 Sooth to tell, the narrative of the achievements..draws largely on our faith.

1877 Spirit of Times 24 Nov. 454/3 It is called The Sorcerer, and, truth to tell, it is very wild, even wilder than the farce at the Haymarket.

1903 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Aug. 230 To tell the truth, Barrett's calm philosophy irritated her not a little.

1946 C. Bush Case Second Chance xv. 209 And, to tell the truth, the more I delved into those dark obscured possibilities of the past, the more I began to feel something of horror.

1971 J. Blume Then again, maybe I Won't (1979) 38 To tell the truth I don't know how I would manage in Rosemont without my ten-speed bike.

1998 N. Lawson How to Eat (1999) 331 I am working on banishing the starter from my dinner-partying life. (Truth to tell, I don't have much of a dinner-partying life.)

2005 J. MacGregor Sunday Money i. 29 It was all pretty unspectacular, to tell the truth.

a. True statement; report or account which is in accordance with fact or reality. Chiefly in to tell (also speak, say) the truth (also (now archaic) without the): to speak truly, to report the matter as it really is; see also say v.¹ and int. Phrases 3, speak v. 10, tell v. 10a.Not always distinguishable from sense A. 7a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] > assuredly, indeed

soothlyc825

forsoothc888

wiselyc888

sooth to sayOE

i-wislichec1000

to (‥) soothOE

iwis?c1160

certesa1250

without missa1275

i-witterlic1275

trulyc1275

aplight1297

certc1300

in (good) fayc1300

verily1303

certain1330

in truthc1330

to tell (also speak, say) the truthc1330

certainlya1375

faithlya1375

in faitha1375

surelya1375

in sooth1390

in trothc1390

in good faitha1393

to witc1400

faithfullyc1405

soothly to sayc1405

all righta1413

sad?a1425

in certc1440

wella1470

truec1480

to say (the) truth1484

of a truth1494

of (a) trotha1500

for a truth?1532

in (of) verity1533

of verityc1550

really1561

for, in, or into very?1565

indeed1583

really and truly1600

indeed and indeed1673

right enough1761

deed1816

just1838

of a verity1850

sho1893

though1905

verdad1928

sholy1929

ja-nee1937

only1975

deffo1996

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [noun] > true statement, correct account, truth

soothquidec888

soothsawc950

soothOE

righteousnessa1225

certainty1330

truthc1330

trotha1387

verity1533

tell-truth?1556

oracle1569

true1581

round O1605

fact1779

veracity1852

veritability1864

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c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 445 Ich ȝou sigge riȝt treuþe Non of oþer hadde reuþe.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2024 To seie þe treuþe, sche told me a-noþer tale.

?a1425 (a1400) Brut (Corpus Cambr.) 330 (MED) Þis same Piers told & publissed þe trewþe.

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 152 Þerfore, levyth ȝoure lesynges, & spekyth trewthe!

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 38 Yf ye wilne for to witte how hit worth shulde I shall telle you the trewth.

?1700 P. Anderson Copie Barons Court 5 I pray Sir tell the Treuth?

β. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1629 Þei þat seie it forsoþe saiden þe truþe.c1400 Brut (Rawl. B. 171) 17 (MED) My sustres haue tolde ȝow glosyng wordes; but for-soþe y shal tel ȝow trueþ.c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 132 (MED) Þi felawe hath seyde to me þe verray truthe..ȝif þou dyscorde fro hym, þou schalt be deed.a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (BL Add. 9066) (1879) 53 They that glosen the..dysseyuen the, and they that tellen the þe truthe..they louen the.1576 G. Gascoigne Complaynt of Phylomene in Steele Glas sig. N.iij Truth is truth, and muste be tolde.1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 632 A man, to say truth wel skilled in antiquities.a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 142 The truth you speake doth lacke some gentlenesse, And time to speake it in. 1728 T. Sheridan tr. Persius Satyrs i. 15 Prithy tell me the Truth.1735 Visct. Bolingbroke Diss. upon Parties (ed. 2) Ded. p. xviii Truth may sometimes offend.1869 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) II. 42 Tell us the truth as much as you like,..but tell it in a friendly way.1888 ‘J. S. Winter’ Bootle's Children viii. 57 Tell me the whole truth at once.1939 Street & Smith's Western Story Mag. 23 Sept. 63/2 In that cabin, if Pedro Martinez had spoken the truth, lay a wounded, badly wanted desperado.1950 A. Buckeridge Jennings goes to School xii. 240 Virtuously he decided to tell the truth.2004 N. Minhas Passion & Poppadoms xxxiv. 452 Will you please tell the truth for once, Tom.

单词	to tell the truth
释义	> as lemmas to tell (the) truth P2. to tell (the) truth: (used parenthetically) (a) indeed, truly (used to emphasize a statement) (b) to be frank, to be honest (used esp. to preface an admission of something). Similarly truth (also sooth) to tell.See also if (the) truth be told at truth n. and adv. Phrases 3c. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adverb] > as emphasis God (it) wot?c1225 goddot?a1289 sooth to sayc1330 truth (also sooth) to tella1375 honestly1819 honest Indian1854 truthfully1854 honest Injun1857 on the level1872 straight1874 honest1876 square dinkum1888 no kidding1901 straight-up1963 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 34 Þe couherdes hound..fast þider fulwes, & sone as he it seiȝ, soþe forto telle, he gan to berke on þat barn. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 160 But trewþe for to telle whan time come of daye [etc.]. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. l. 1598 To telle trowthe, Sche..Were worthi thanne to be blamed. c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) ii. l. 77 For to telle trouthe..me thynketh That no manere meyntenour shulde..haue lordis leuere þe lawe to apeire. 1553 C. Tye Actes of Apostles (new ed.) viii. sig. G.vi A certayne man, there was whose name Was Simon truth to tell. ?1566 W. P. tr. C. S. Curio Pasquine in Traunce f. 43^v If these newes displeased them, it doth the more please me, for (to tell the truth) they are growen into suche a deadly hatred with me..that [etc.]. 1582 J. Yates Castell of Courtesie f. 49 But sooth to tell, Time with her Time can euery thing bestowe. 1613 F. Beaumont Knight of Burning Pestle iv. i. sig. H2 Lady before I go, I must remember Your fathers Officers, who truth to tell, Haue beene about me very diligent. 1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. xiii. 133 Mother Cunny (to tell the truth) was the Nick-name of that Corpulent Matron. 1756 D. Hume Let. 20 Apr. (1932) I. 229 But to tell the truth, we people in the country (for such you Londoners esteem our city) are apt to be troublesome to you people in the town. a1777 S. Foote Maid of Bath (1778) iii. 57 Dost think one could not get her on easier terms than on marriage?..To tell truth, Billy, I have always had that in my head. 1837 Flowers of Fiction 235/1 To tell the truth, you're looking very ill. 1855 H. Rogers Ess. II. vii. 323 Sooth to tell, the narrative of the achievements..draws largely on our faith. 1877 Spirit of Times 24 Nov. 454/3 It is called The Sorcerer, and, truth to tell, it is very wild, even wilder than the farce at the Haymarket. 1903 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Aug. 230 To tell the truth, Barrett's calm philosophy irritated her not a little. 1946 C. Bush Case Second Chance xv. 209 And, to tell the truth, the more I delved into those dark obscured possibilities of the past, the more I began to feel something of horror. 1971 J. Blume Then again, maybe I Won't (1979) 38 To tell the truth I don't know how I would manage in Rosemont without my ten-speed bike. 1998 N. Lawson How to Eat (1999) 331 I am working on banishing the starter from my dinner-partying life. (Truth to tell, I don't have much of a dinner-partying life.) 2005 J. MacGregor Sunday Money i. 29 It was all pretty unspectacular, to tell the truth. extracted from tellv. to tell (also speak, say) the truth a. True statement; report or account which is in accordance with fact or reality. Chiefly in to tell (also speak, say) the truth (also (now archaic) without the): to speak truly, to report the matter as it really is; see also say v.¹ and int. Phrases 3, speak v. 10, tell v. 10a.Not always distinguishable from sense A. 7a. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] > assuredly, indeed soothlyc825 forsoothc888 wiselyc888 sooth to sayOE i-wislichec1000 to (‥) soothOE iwis?c1160 certesa1250 without missa1275 i-witterlic1275 trulyc1275 aplight1297 certc1300 in (good) fayc1300 verily1303 certain1330 in truthc1330 to tell (also speak, say) the truthc1330 certainlya1375 faithlya1375 in faitha1375 surelya1375 in sooth1390 in trothc1390 in good faitha1393 to witc1400 faithfullyc1405 soothly to sayc1405 all righta1413 sad?a1425 in certc1440 wella1470 truec1480 to say (the) truth1484 of a truth1494 of (a) trotha1500 for a truth?1532 in (of) verity1533 of verityc1550 really1561 for, in, or into very?1565 indeed1583 really and truly1600 indeed and indeed1673 right enough1761 deed1816 just1838 of a verity1850 sho1893 though1905 verdad1928 sholy1929 ja-nee1937 only1975 deffo1996 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [noun] > true statement, correct account, truth soothquidec888 soothsawc950 soothOE righteousnessa1225 certainty1330 truthc1330 trotha1387 verity1533 tell-truth?1556 oracle1569 true1581 round O1605 fact1779 veracity1852 veritability1864 α. c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 445 Ich ȝou sigge riȝt treuþe Non of oþer hadde reuþe. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2024 To seie þe treuþe, sche told me a-noþer tale. ?a1425 (a1400) Brut (Corpus Cambr.) 330 (MED) Þis same Piers told & publissed þe trewþe. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 152 Þerfore, levyth ȝoure lesynges, & spekyth trewthe! c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 38 Yf ye wilne for to witte how hit worth shulde I shall telle you the trewth. ?1700 P. Anderson Copie Barons Court 5 I pray Sir tell the Treuth? β. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1629 Þei þat seie it forsoþe saiden þe truþe.c1400 Brut (Rawl. B. 171) 17 (MED) My sustres haue tolde ȝow glosyng wordes; but for-soþe y shal tel ȝow trueþ.c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 132 (MED) Þi felawe hath seyde to me þe verray truthe..ȝif þou dyscorde fro hym, þou schalt be deed.a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (BL Add. 9066) (1879) 53 They that glosen the..dysseyuen the, and they that tellen the þe truthe..they louen the.1576 G. Gascoigne Complaynt of Phylomene in Steele Glas sig. N.iij Truth is truth, and muste be tolde.1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 632 A man, to say truth wel skilled in antiquities.a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 142 The truth you speake doth lacke some gentlenesse, And time to speake it in. View more context for this quotation1728 T. Sheridan tr. Persius Satyrs i. 15 Prithy tell me the Truth.1735 Visct. Bolingbroke Diss. upon Parties (ed. 2) Ded. p. xviii Truth may sometimes offend.1869 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) II. 42 Tell us the truth as much as you like,..but tell it in a friendly way.1888 ‘J. S. Winter’ Bootle's Children viii. 57 Tell me the whole truth at once.1939 Street & Smith's Western Story Mag. 23 Sept. 63/2 In that cabin, if Pedro Martinez had spoken the truth, lay a wounded, badly wanted desperado.1950 A. Buckeridge Jennings goes to School xii. 240 Virtuously he decided to tell the truth.2004 N. Minhas Passion & Poppadoms xxxiv. 452 Will you please tell the truth for once, Tom. extracted from truthn.adv.int. < as lemmas
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