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truth

Word family 
truth /truːθ/ ●●● S1 W2 noun
1  TRUE FACTS 事實the truth TRUEthe true facts about something, rather than what is untrue, imagined, or guessed 事實，真相，實情 OPP lie, falsehood, untruth
How do we know you’re telling us the truth?
我們怎麽知道你告訴我們的是真話？
the truth about
She hoped to find out the truth about her family.
她希望弄清她的家世。
the truth behind
We’ll never know the truth behind what happened.
我們永遠不會知道所發生之事背後的真相。
Examples from the Corpus
the truth• The truth is that the idea of having kids terrifies him.• The simple truth is that I just don't love him anymore.• Nixon tried to cover up the burglary, but the truth had to come out in the end.• We may never know the truth about what really happened to Marilyn Monroe.• Scientists believe they are close to finding out the truth about the origins of the universe.• I didn't steal the money and that's the truth.
2  being true 真實性 [uncountableU]TRUE the state or quality of being true 真實性
truth in
There was some truth in the accusations.
那些指控也有一些真實性。
grain/element of truth (=small amount of truth) 一點真實的成分
There wasn’t a grain of truth in what he said.
他的話沒有一點是真的。
There was an element of truth (=a small amount of truth) in what he said.
他的話中有些許真實的成分。
There is no truth in the rumour.
傳言毫無真實性。
3  important ideas 重要思想 [countableC usually plural] formalTRUEIDEA an important fact or idea that is accepted as being true 真理；公認的事實
The experience has taught us some basic truths.
這次經歷教會我們一些基本的道理。
an unhappy/unpleasant/unwelcome truth (=an unpleasant or disappointing fact) 令人不快的真相
It is in his interest to hide unhappy truths about his agency’s performance.
隐瞞自己的代理機構業績不佳這一真相對他 有利。
4  in truth IN FACTin fact 事實上，其實 SYN really
Early independence leaders were in truth little better than rebels.
早期的獨立運動領導人其實不過是叛亂分子。
Examples from the Corpus
in truth• In truth, the two brothers really did care for each other.
5  if (the) truth be known/told TRUEused when telling someone the real facts about a situation, or your real opinion 說實話
If the truth be known, I felt a little left out at school.
說實話，我感到在學校裏有點受冷落。
Examples from the Corpus
if (the) truth be known/told• After all, I am not so different from anyone else, if the truth be known.• Nearly thirteen and a half if the truth be known.• You'd rather have a day out at York racecourse than at Headingley if truth were known, wouldn't you?• He looked lonely, if the truth were told.• I puzzle a lot, if the truth be known.• He could never, if the truth were told, stand against his wife.• I suppose if the truth was known, I was narked at being pushed around.• I bet they did it worse than us if the truth was known.
6  to tell (you) the truth spokenTRUE used when giving your personal opinion or admitting something 老實說，實話對你說
To tell the truth, I was frightened to death.
老實說，我怕得要死。
Examples from the Corpus
to tell (you) the truth• He bathed a lot and never smelled even alive, to tell the truth.• We had a pretty good time I suppose, but to tell the truth I didn't feel like a party much.• But to tell the truth, for a long time I've been slightly lost as a dealer.• I don't know a great deal about flowers, to tell the truth.• They must learn how to tell the truth and listen.• Did people not trust me to tell the truth?• A bit like Mrs Riley, to tell the truth.• You want us to tell the truth?
7. nothing could be further from the truth UNTRUEused to say that something is definitely not true 那絕對不是事實
8. the truth will out old-fashionedTRUE used to say that even if you try to stop people from knowing something, they will find out in the end 真相終會大白的
→ half-truth, home truth, → the moment of truth at moment(16)
 COLLOCATIONS
verbs
tell the truth 說實話
It’s better to tell the truth.
最好說實話。
speak the truth 說真話
He always spoke the truth, whether it was popular or not.
他一向實話實說，不管人們愛不愛聽。
know the truth 了解真相
At last I knew the truth about my father’s death.
我終於知道了父親死亡的真相。
find out/discover/uncover the truth 弄清/發現/揭露真相
She was determined to find out the truth.
她決意弄清真相。
learn the truth 知道真相
When she learns the truth, she may decide to help us.
她要是知道實情的話，也許會決定幫我們。
get at/to the truth informal (=discover the truth) 弄清真相
nThe police will eventually get to the truth of the matter.
reveal the truth 揭露真相
nShe’d promised never to reveal the truth.
accept/admit the truth 接受/承認事實
nOur pride kept us from admitting the truth.
be/come close to the truth 接近真相
nThe book comes a little too close to the truth for their liking.
get the truth out of somebody (=make someone tell you the truth) 讓某人說出真相
nI’ll get the truth out of her, whatever it takes!
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + truth
the whole/full truth 全部真相
Investors should have been told the whole truth.
投資者本應被告知全部真相。
the simple/plain/naked truth (=the truth, with nothing added, left out, or hidden) 純粹的/明顯的/赤裸裸的事實
The simple truth is that there isn’t enough money to pay for it.
事實明擺着，不夠錢買。
the sad/painful truth (=something that is true but that you regret) 令人悲傷/痛苦的事實
She still misses him, and that’s the sad truth.
她依然思念他，這是件令人悲傷的事。
the awful/terrible/dreadful etc truth 可怕的真相
nShe could not bring herself to tell them the awful truth.
the honest truth (=used to emphasize that you are telling the truth) 千真萬確
nWe never came here to steal anything, and that’s the honest truth.
the gospel truth (=the complete truth) 絕對真理
nDon’t take everything she says as the gospel truth.
phrases
the truth of the matter 實際情況
The truth of the matter is that we don’t know what really happened.
實際情況是，我們不知道到底發生了什麽。
COMMON ERRORSDon’t say ‘say the truth’. Say tell the truth.
不要說 ‘say the truth’。 而要說 tell the truth。
Examples from the Corpus
truth• One of the basic truths about human beings is that we want our lives to have meaning.• Science is based around the search for truth.• fundamental truths about human nature• Ellis explains how truth and freedom are linked.• I could let it glow like truth in its own light.• There is no truth to the rumors about him being arrested.• But the truth was that I could not do this kind of traveling alone.• But United Nations officials called for caution, saying a government investigation was necessary to discover the truth.• But then another soundless glance brought home the truth.• There the truth may by now be known.• Whatever the truth, it is always convenient to blame outsiders for creating trouble.
grain/element of truth• But there is also an element of truth.• And the word can only be out this far if it has an element of truth in it.• There is more than just an element of truth in this conception.• Mere speculation or is there an element of truth about one of their stories for once????• True, most of these beliefs contain grains of truth, but their omnipotent power does not survive close scrutiny.• These two true incidents have in their implications a strange grain of truth.• There were elements of truth in this critique, Jim supposed.
basic truths• And if religion was rational, and basic truths were plain, what justification could there be for compulsion?• If your ambition takes this line, there are certain basic truths that you will have to recognise.• Another over-eager cat has discovered one of the basic truths of garden life: never try to kill a toad.• The basic truths of it, once you have learned them, are difficult to forget.• What have been taught as their basic truths seem no longer to hold.• The value of the political talks so far has been to expose three basic truths.• Such leaders understand very basic truths about human beings.
Origin truth
Old English treowth “faithfulness”

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