truth

• n. 真理；事实；诚实；实质

来自 true,真实的，-th,名词后缀。

1. a fact that has been verified;

"at last he knew the truth"

"the truth is the he didn't want to do it"

2. 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"

"he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities"

3. a true statement;

"he told the truth"

"he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it"

4. the quality of nearness to the truth or the true value;

"he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"

"the lawyer questioned the truth of my account"

truth

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truth (n.)

Old English triewð (West Saxon), treowð (Mercian) "faith, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty; veracity, quality of being true; pledge, covenant," from triewe, treowe "faithful" (see true (adj.)), with Proto-Germanic abstract noun suffix *-itho (see -th (2)).

Sense of "something that is true" is first recorded mid-14c. Meaning "accuracy, correctness" is from 1560s. English and most other IE languages do not have a primary verb for for "speak the truth," as a contrast to lie (v.). Truth squad in U.S. political sense first attested in the 1952 U.S. presidential election campaign.

At midweek the Republican campaign was bolstered by an innovation--the "truth squad" ..., a team of senators who trailed whistle-stopping Harry Truman to field what they denounced as his wild pitches. ["Life," Oct. 13, 1952]

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Let [Truth] and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter. [Milton, "Areopagitica," 1644]

reality, truth

这两个名词均有"真实"之意。

reality： 侧重指某事物的客观存在的真实性。

truth： 含义广泛，指符合事实、没有错误或虚假。

To find out the truth about an issue.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

The objective of this debating game is not to win but to get to the truth that will allow you to move faster, farther and better.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

It's nice to have people agree, but you need conflicting perspectives to dig out the truth.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

The truth is to be found elsewhere.

出自-2010年12月阅读原文

He seldom tells the truth about himself.

出自-2012年12月听力原文

The accusation of incuriosity is one that we hear often, carrying the suggestion that there is something wrong with not wanting to search out the truth.

2017年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

The objective of this debating game is not to win but to get to the truth that will allow you to move faster, farther and better.

2015年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

There is some truth in the saying that "70 is the new 60" or "40 the new 30".

2019年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

But Oprah's particular brand of celebrity is not a good fit for the values of a university whose motto(座右铭),Veritas,means truth.

出自-2014年6月阅读原文

Pursuit of knowledge and truth

出自-2014年6月阅读原文

When asked straightforwardly, people tend to lie or shade the truth when the subject is sex, money or employment.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

There's some truth to all these explanations, but they aren't quite sufficient.

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

A high-tech test that can tell when a person is not telling the truth sounds too good to be true.

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

Germany is known for its efficiency and refined engineering, but when it comes to its new ghost airport, this reputation could not be further from the truth.

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

Now, a company in Massachusetts says that by using magnetic brain scans, they can determine with 97% accuracy whether someone is telling the truth.

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

Some people told the truth instantly and instinctively.

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

That's when I discovered an uncomfortable truth.

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

This suggests that they were deciding between truth and dishonesty 一 and ultimately opting for the latter.

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

He lost sale of twenty papers because he would not tell a lie, but got a well-paid job because he told the truth.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 完形填空 原文

One thing is certain: the truth about love is not yet set in stone.

2015年高考英语上海卷 完形填空 原文

The truth is, after years of balking, I've come to enjoy my walks with misty.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

We've lit up the night as if it were an unoccupied country, when nothing could be further form the truth.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

The truth will not be known for years.

出自-2010年考研阅读原文

Building on the basic truth about interpersonal influence,the researchers studied the dynamics of social influence by conducting thousands of computer simulations of populations manipulating a number of variables relating to people’s ability to influence others and their tendency to be influenced.

出自-2010年考研阅读原文

Building on this basic truth about interpersonal influence, the researchers studied the dynamics of social influence by conducting thousands of computer simulations of populations, manipulating a number of variables relating to people's ability to influen

2010年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

In theory, the success of an applicant should not depend on the few others chosen randomly for interview during the same day, but Dr Simonsohn suspected the truth was otherwise.

2013年考研真题（英语一）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

It was the purpose and responsibility of great minds to go forth and seek out the truth, which they believed to be founded in knowledge.

2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

The Church's long-standing dogma was losing the great battle for truth to rationalists and scientists.

2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

This could be no more than a passing literary craze, but it also points to a broader truth about how we now approach the past: less concerned with learning from forefathers and more interested in feeling their pain.

2012年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Do you think she's telling the truth ?

你认为她在讲实话吗？

牛津词典

We are determined to get at (= discover) the truth.

我们决心查出真相。

牛津词典

The truth (of the matter) is we can't afford to keep all the staff on.

实际情况是我们无力继续聘用所有的职员。

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I don't think you are telling me the whole truth about what happened.

我认为你没有把事情的全部真相都告诉我。

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There is no truth in the rumours.

这些谣言毫无根据。

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There is not a grain of truth in what she says.

她说的没有一句真话。

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universal truths

普遍真理

牛津词典

She was forced to face up to a few unwelcome truths about her family.

她不得不正视有关她家的几桩尴尬事。

牛津词典

She laughed and chatted but was, in truth, not having much fun.

她虽然又是笑又是侃，但实际上玩得并不开心。

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To tell you the truth, I'll be glad to get home.

说实话，能回家我会很高兴。

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Is it possible to separate truth from fiction?…

有可能把事实与虚构分开吗？

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I must tell you the truth about this business...

我必须告诉你这件事的真相。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

There is no truth in this story...

这个故事纯属虚构。

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Is there any truth to the rumors?...

那些谣言有什么事实依据吗？

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It is an almost universal truth that the more we are promoted in a job, the less we actually exercise the skills we initially used to perform it.

这几乎是一条普遍的真理：我们在某一工作中越往上晋升，实际运用那些当初在工作中经常实践的技能的机会就越少。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

In truth, we were both unhappy.

事实上，我们俩都不快乐。

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To tell you the truth, I was afraid to see him...

坦白说，我害怕见他。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Truth to tell, John did not want Veronica at his wedding.

说实在的，约翰不想韦罗妮卡参加他的婚礼。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I was very tight with gets with Peter then.

当时我跟彼得跟得很紧.

期刊摘选

A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

真假参半的谎言最险恶.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The more truth is debated, the clearer it becomes.

真理愈辩愈明.

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In a weak moment, I told him the truth.

我一时心软, 告诉了他真相.

《简明英汉词典》

There is not the least element of truth in his account of what happened.

他对所发生的事情的叙述没有一点真实性.

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His secret died with him, and now we shall never know the truth.

他的秘密随他一起离去, 现在我们永远也不可能知道真相了.

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