| 单词 | true |
| 释义 | true (once / 13 pages) 1adjadv 2adj 3adjvn Things that are true are accurate, honest, and correct. There are many specific meanings, but when something is true, you can believe it. This word has many meanings, but they're all pretty much the opposite of false. True statements can be proven or verified — they aren't lies. To sing true is to sing on-key, and a true throw is on-target. The true king is the real king, not a fake. A true friend can be trusted. A true believer really believes in something, like a religion. And when you're true to yourself, you're being honest about what you want and feel. WORD FAMILYtrue: trued, truely, trueness, truer, trues, truest, truing, truism, truly, truth, untrue+/truism: truisms/truth: truthful, truths, untruth/truthful: truthfulest, truthfully, truthfulness, untruthful/untrue: untruely, untruest, untruly/untruth: untruths/untruthful: untruthfully, untruthfulness USAGE EXAMPLESHe recorded five receiving touchdowns as a true freshman. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) This is a true tossup of a game between solid teams and accomplished quarterbacks. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) If those projections prove true, 2016 would mark the seventh consecutive year of rising automotive sales. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1adj consistent with fact or reality; not false the story is true "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"- B. Russell the true meaning of the statement Syn|Ant correct, right free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth faithfulsteadfast in affection or allegiance echt, genuinenot fake or counterfeit honest, honorablenot disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent sincereopen and genuine; not deceitful actual, genuine, literal, realbeing or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something apodeictic, apodicticof a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain truthfulconforming to truth sureinfallible or unfailing false not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality incorrect, wrongnot correct; not in conformity with fact or truth counterfeit, imitativenot genuine; imitating something superior dishonest, dishonorabledeceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive insincerelacking sincerity mendaciousintentionally untrue specious, spuriousplausible but false trumped-upconcocted with intent to deceive untruenot according with the facts 2adj expressing or given to expressing the truth a true statement Syn|Ant truthful honest, honorable not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent honestmarked by truth veracioushabitually speaking the truth untruthful not expressing or given to expressing the truth dishonest, dishonorabledeceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive mendaciousgiven to lying 3adj not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed true grief Syn genuine, unfeigned sincere open and genuine; not deceitful 4adj worthy of being depended on he was true to his word I would be true for there are those who trust me Syn dependable, honest, reliable trustworthy, trusty worthy of trust or belief 5adj devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them Syn faithful steadfast in affection or allegiance 6adv as acknowledged 2true, she is the smartest in her class Syn admittedly, avowedly, confessedly 1adj conforming to definitive criteria the horseshoe crab is not a true crab Pythagoras was the first true mathematician Syn typical exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category 2adj rightly so called true courage a spirit which true men have always admired a true friend Syn real no less than what is stated; worthy of the name 3adj having a legally established claim Syn lawful, rightful legitimate of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful 4adj determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles 3true north is geographic north Syn geographic, geographical determined by geography 1adj accurately placed or thrown his aim was true Syn dead on target accurate conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy 2adj accurately fitted; level the window frame isn't quite true Syn straight even being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with) 3adj in tune; accurate in pitch a true note Syn on-key harmonious musically pleasing 4v make level, square, balanced, or concentric true up the cylinder of an engine Syn|Hyper true up adjust, align, aline, line up place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight 5n proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment out of true Hyper alignment the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines |
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