| 单词 | truth |
| 释义 | truthtruth /truθ/ ●●● S2 W1 noun 1TRUE FACTS the truth the actual facts about something, as opposed to what is false, imagined, or guessed OPP lie, falsehood: I didn’t steal the money, and that’s the truth.truth about At first, officials in the local government hid the truth about the accident.truth behind They never found out the truth behind all the rumors.truth of She kept the truth of her father’s disappearance a secret all her life. We weren’t completely sure that he was telling the truth. The truth is I can’t help you, because I don’t know what is going to happen (=used to tell someone the truth even if it is unpleasant). I’ve never lied to you, and that’s the honest truth (=used to emphasize that you are telling the truth).2BEING TRUE [uncountable] the state or quality of being true: the truth of something The magazine could not prove the truth of this statement.there is some/no truth to something There is no truth to the rumors about him being arrested.there is an element/grain/kernel/shred of truth in something (=used to say that there is a small amount of truth in something) There wasn’t a grain of truth in Uncle Hal’s story .3IMPORTANT IDEAS [countable usually plural] formal an important fact or idea that is accepted as being true: truth about It was a scary experience, but it taught me a few basic truths about what is important in life. He had to face an unpleasant truth about himself.4to tell (you) the truth spoken used when giving your personal opinion or admitting something: I was scared to death, to tell you the truth.5in truth formal used to introduce a statement about what someone or something is really like, or what you really think about a situation SYN really: In truth, the two brothers really did care for each other.6nothing could be further from the truth used to say that something is definitely not true: They seem like the perfect couple, but nothing could be further from the truth.7(the) truth hurts spoken used to say that it is sometimes difficult or embarrassing to hear someone tell you something that is true8(if the) truth be known/told used when telling someone the real facts about a situation, or your real opinion: Truth be told, I really hate going camping.9the truth will out old-fashioned used to say that even if you try to stop people from knowing something, they will find out in the end → see also the gospel truth at gospel (4), half-truth, the moment of truth at moment (11), truth/fact is stranger than fiction at strange1 (3), stretch the truth/facts at stretch1 (1)COLLOCATIONSverbstell (somebody) the truth How do we know you’re telling us the truth?speak the truth formal He always spoke the truth, whether it was popular or not.know the truth At last I knew the truth about my father’s death.search for the truth The group was asked to search for the truth about his wartime record.find out the truth (also learn/discover/uncover the truth) She was determined to find out the truth about her family’s history. When she learns the truth, she may decide to help us.get at/to the truth informal (=discover the truth) The police will eventually get to the truth of the matter.reveal/expose/uncover the truth She’d promised never to reveal the truth about who his parents were.accept/admit the truth Our pride kept us from admitting the truth.face/confront the truth It’s sometimes hard to face the truth.hide/conceal the truth They tried to conceal the truth from their children.get the truth out of somebody (=make someone tell you the truth) I’ll get the truth out of her, whatever it takes!be/come close to the truth The book comes a little too close to the truth for their liking.the truth comes out (also the truth emerges formal) (=it is discovered after being hidden) When the truth finally emerged, he was forced to resign.adjectives/nouns + truththe whole/full truth (=all the true information, not just part of it) Investors should have been told the whole truth.the simple/plain truth (=the truth, with nothing added, left out, or hidden) The simple truth is that there isn’t enough money to pay for it.the naked/unvarnished truth (=the truth, when nothing is changed to make it seem better) The president needs advisers who will give him the unvarnished truth.the sad/painful truth (=something that is true but that you regret) The sad truth is that she still misses him.the awful/terrible/dreadful etc. truth She could not bring herself to tell them the awful truth, that their father had cancer.the ugly truth (=facts that are very unpleasant, especially because they relate to something morally wrong) His family had to face the ugly truth of his alcoholism.the honest truth (=used to emphasize that you are telling the truth) We never came here to steal anything, and that’s the honest truth.the absolute truth (=facts that are completely true) TV news cannot tell you the absolute truth, because there are often so many other facts to consider.the gospel truth (=the complete truth) Don’t take everything she says as the gospel truth. |
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