| 单词 | truth |
| 释义 | truth (once / 53 pages) n Truth is something that squares with reality. When you are sworn in to give testimony in a U.S. court of law, you promise to "tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth." When you're cutting to the heart of something, you might start a statement with, "The truth of the matter is..." or "To tell the truth..." When you hear these introductory phrases containing truth, reality is supposed to follow. The American comedian Stephen Colbert coined the term truthiness as a satirical poke at politicians and pundits whose claims often have no basis in reality. Truthiness is what you wish were truth — unconstrained by fact or logic. WORD FAMILYtruth: truthful, truths, untruth+/true: trued, truely, trueness, truer, trues, truest, truing, truism, truly, truth, untrue/truism: truisms/truthful: truthfulest, truthfully, truthfulness, untruthful/untrue: untruely, untruest, untruly/untruth: untruths/untruthful: untruthfully, untruthfulness USAGE EXAMPLESAnd that pointed up the truth that “The Apprentice” never really was Mr. Trump’s show. New York Times(Jan 03, 2017) The truth remains that Cousins was a highly productive passer this season for a team with obvious flaws in other areas, particularly on defense. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) In truth, customers lost only $1.5 million, which, if we’re being honest, is minuscule for a bank the size of Wells Fargo. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n a true statement he told the truth he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper true statement falsehood, falsity, untruth a false statement gospel, gospel truth an unquestionable truth tautology(logic) a statement that is necessarily true truisman obvious truth banality, bromide, cliche, commonplace, platitudea trite or obvious remark statement a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc 2n a fact that has been verified at last he knew the truth the truth is that he didn't want to do it Hypo|Hyper home truth an important truth that is unpleasant to acknowledge (as about yourself) verityan enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic truth fact a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred 3n conformity to reality or actuality they debated the truth of the proposition the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat he was famous for the truth of his portraits Syn|Ant|Hyper the true, trueness, verity falseness, falsity the state of being false or untrue actuality the state of actually existing objectively 4n the quality of being near to the true value the lawyer questioned the truth of my account Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper accuracy inaccuracy the quality of being inaccurate and having errors exactitude, exactness the quality of being exact fidelityaccuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal minutenessgreat precision; painstaking attention to details preciseness, precisionthe quality of being reproducible in amount or performance truenessexactness of adjustment quality an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone Truth (once / 996 pages) n WORD FAMILY Truth: Truths USAGE EXAMPLESThat list would be topped by Davis Guggenheim’s An Inconvenient Truth, about Al Gore’s mission to get the planet to wake up to global warming. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) If you get axed from the EPA, don’t worry, the Ministry of Truth is hiring! Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Truth be told, there is not much competition. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) n United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883) Syn|Exp Sojourner Truth abolitionist, emancipationist a reformer who favors abolishing slavery feminist, libber, women's liberationist, women's rightista supporter of feminism |
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