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TOEFL BNC: 1152 COCA: 850

truth

Word family 
truth /truːθ/ ●●● S1 W2 noun  
1  TRUE FACTS 事实the truth TRUEthe true facts about something, rather than what is untrue, imagined, or guessed 事实，真相，实情 OPP lie, falsehood, untruth
 How do we know you’re telling us the truth?
我们怎么知道你告诉我们的是真话？
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.
我们永远不会知道所发生之事背后的真相。
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 真实性 [uncountableU]TRUE the state or quality of being true 真实性
truth in
 There was some truth in the accusations.
那些指控也有一些真实性。
grain/element of truth (=small amount of truth) 一点真实的成分
 There wasn’t a grain of truth in what he said.
他的话没有一点是真的。
 There was an element of truth (=a small amount of truth) in what he said.
他的话中有些许真实的成分。
 There is no truth in the rumour.
传言毫无真实性。
3  important ideas 重要思想 [countableC usually plural] formalTRUEIDEA an important fact or idea that is accepted as being true 真理；公认的事实
 The experience has taught us some basic truths.
这次经历教会我们一些基本的道理。
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.
隐瞒自己的代理机构业绩不佳这一真相对他 有利。
4  in truth IN FACTin fact 事实上，其实 SYN really
 Early independence leaders were in truth little better than rebels.
早期的独立运动领导人其实不过是叛乱分子。
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 说实话
 If the truth be known, I felt a little left out at school.
说实话，我感到在学校里有点受冷落。
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 老实说，实话对你说
 To tell the truth, I was frightened to death.
老实说，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 那绝对不是事实
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 真相终会大白的
→ half-truth, home truth, → the moment of truth at moment(16)
 COLLOCATIONS
verbs
tell the truth 说实话
It’s better to tell the truth.
最好说实话。
speak the truth 说真话
He always spoke the truth, whether it was popular or not.
他一向实话实说，不管人们爱不爱听。
know the truth 了解真相
At last I knew the truth about my father’s death.
我终于知道了父亲死亡的真相。
find out/discover/uncover the truth 弄清/发现/揭露真相
She was determined to find out the truth.
她决意弄清真相。
learn the truth 知道真相
When she learns the truth, she may decide to help us.
她要是知道实情的话，也许会决定帮我们。
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/承认事实
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) 让某人说出真相
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.
投资者本应被告知全部真相。
the simple/plain/naked truth (=the truth, with nothing added, left out, or hidden) 纯粹的/明显的/赤裸裸的事实
The simple truth is that there isn’t enough money to pay for it.
事实明摆着，不够钱买。
the sad/painful truth (=something that is true but that you regret) 令人悲伤/痛苦的事实
She still misses him, and that’s the sad truth.
她依然思念他，这是件令人悲伤的事。
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) 千真万确
nWe never came here to steal anything, and that’s the honest truth.
the gospel truth (=the complete truth) 绝对真理
nDon’t take everything she says as the gospel truth.
phrases
the truth of the matter 实际情况
The truth of the matter is that we don’t know what really happened.
实际情况是，我们不知道到底发生了什么。
COMMON ERRORSDon’t say ‘say the truth’. Say tell the truth.
不要说 ‘say the truth’。 而要说 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”
truth noun →COLLOCATIONS1
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TOEFL BNC: 1152 COCA: 850
truth

noun¹

 1what is true真實情況ADJECTIVE | ... OF TRUTH | VERB + TRUTH | TRUTH + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤absolute, gospel (informal) , honest (informal) , real絕對的事實；絕對真理；大實話；真正的事實◇She takes everything she reads in the paper as gospel truth.她把在報紙上看到的一切都當作是絕對真實的情況。➤complete, entire, full, whole全部的事實；所有的事實◇It still doesn't make sense to me－I don't think he's told us the whole truth.我還是覺得講不通 － 我認為他沒有告訴我們全部真相。➤exact, literal分毫不差的／不折不扣的事實▸➤naked, plain, simple赤裸裸的／清楚的／簡單的事實◇The simple truth is he's lost his job.事實很簡單，他丟了工作。➤pure, unvarnished純粹的／原原本本的事實◇the plain unvarnished truth清清楚楚原原本本的事實➤hidden, secret隱藏的／秘密的真相◇the hidden truth behind the events of the last four years在過去四年事件的背後隱藏着的真相➤underlying根本的事實▸➤awful, bitter, brutal, cruel, dreadful, grim, hard, harsh, horrible, painful, sad, shocking, terrible, ugly, uncomfortable, unfortunate, unpalatable, unpleasant, unwelcome令人極不愉快的／冷酷的／殘酷的／殘忍的／令人畏懼的／無情的／嚴峻的／嚴酷的／可怕的／令人痛苦的／可悲的／令人震驚的／糟糕的／令人不快的／令人感到不舒服的／不幸的／令人難以接受的／不愉快的／不受歡迎的事實◇the shocking truth about heroin addiction among the young年輕人吸食海洛因成癮的驚人事實真相◇The sad truth is he never loved her.令人悲哀的是他從未愛過她。➤factual, objective確實發生過的／客觀存在的事實▸➤empirical, historical, moral, poetic, psychological, religious, scientific, spiritual以經驗為根據的事實；歷史事實；道德事實；詩意的真實；心理事實；宗教事實；科學事實；精神事實◇It's a good movie but contains little historical truth.電影不錯，不過裏面沒有多少史實。➤divine, revealed神聖的事實；揭示的真相◇the revealed truth of God神所啟示的真相... OF TRUTH➤element, germ, glimmer, grain, kernel, nugget, ounce, shred幾分真實性；真理的萌芽；少許事實；一線真實；事實的核心；可貴的真相；一點兒真實性；真相的碎片◇There may have been a grain of truth in what he said.他說的話或許有一丁點兒真實性。VERB + TRUTH➤know知道實情◇So now you know the truth.那麼現在你知道實情了。◇If the truth be known, I was afraid to tell anyone.如果要實話實說的話，是我不敢告訴任何人。➤admit, convey, expose, speak, tell (sb)承認事實；說出事實；揭露真相；告訴（某人）事實◇He was reminded of his duty to speak the truth when questioned in court.他被提醒在回答法庭問題時，有責任講真話。◇I'm sure she's telling the truth.我確信她說的是真話。◇To tell you the truth, I'm rather dreading his return.跟你說實話吧，我非常害怕他回來。➤establish, discern, discover, find out, get, get at, get to, learn, reveal, uncover確立／識別／發現／找出／獲得／接近／觸及到／瞭解／揭示／發掘真相◇She was determined to discover the truth about her boss.她下決心要查明老闆的真相。◇We're going to try to get the truth out of this boy.我們將設法從男孩這裏得到實情。◇The journalist protested that he was only trying to get at the truth.記者抗議說，他只想查明事情的真相。➤seek求真務實◇a man on a journey seeking the truth about God and humanity在尋求上帝和人的真相之路上的男子➤guess猜測真相▸➤accept, acknowledge, face (up to), grasp, realize接受真相；承認真相；面對現實；把握真相；認識現實◇He realized the truth in Adam's words.他意識到亞當話語中的真實性。➤doubt懷疑真實性◇The police doubt the truth of his statement.警察懷疑他沒有說真話。➤conceal, cover up, hide, suppress隱瞞事實；掩蓋事實◇You've been hiding the truth from me!你一直對我隱瞞事實！➤deny否認事實◇Dare anyone deny the truth of what we have said?有人敢否認我們所說的事實嗎？➤bend, distort, stretch, twist曲解／歪曲／誇大／扭曲事實真相◇Lawyers distorted the truth about the deal.律師們歪曲了有關此交易的真相。➤handle對待真相◇He was too fragile to handle the truth.他太脆弱，無法面對事情的真相。TRUTH + VERB➤be, lie事實是◇We are examining the matter to see where the truth lies.我們正在調查這件事情的真相。➤come out, emerge真相大白◇Almost at the end of the letter the cruel truth emerged.在信的結尾處終於道出了殘酷的事實。➤dawn on sb某人明白真相◇The awful truth suddenly dawned on her.她突然明白了可怕的事實。PREPOSITION➤in truth事實上◇She laughed and chatted but was, in truth, not having much fun.她雖然有說有笑的，但事實上並不怎麼開心。➤truth about關於⋯的真相◇She would later find out the truth about her husband.她以後會查明有關她丈夫的真相。➤truth behind⋯背後的事實◇What's the truth behind all the gossip?流言背後的真相是什麼？➤truth in⋯中的真實性◇There is no truth in these allegations.這些指控完全不符合事實。PHRASES➤an/the arbiter of truth真相的仲裁者◇They claim to be the arbiters of sacred truth.他們自稱是神聖的真理的仲裁者。➤be economical with the truth (= not to tell the whole truth) (especially BrE) 沒說出全部實情➤moment of truth（成敗分曉等的）關鍵時刻◇Finally the moment of truth will be upon you.最後的關鍵時刻將取決於你。➤nothing could be further from the truth完全不是事實◇I know you think she's mean, but nothing could be further from the truth.我知道你認為她小氣，但事實完全不是這樣。➤the pursuit of (the) truth追尋真理◇They were motivated by the pursuit of the truth.他們是出於對真理的追求。➤the quest for (the) truth, the search for (the) truth尋找真理➤a ring of truth有幾分真話◇His explanation has a ring of truth to it.他的解釋裏有幾分真話。➤a seeker after truth (literary) 追求真理的人◇seekers after divine truth追求神聖真理的人➤a semblance of truth真理的表象➤the truth of the matter事情的真相◇The truth of the matter is we can't afford to keep all the staff on.事實是我們沒有能力繼續雇用所有員工。➤the truth will come out, the truth will out (saying) 真相總會大白
truth

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 2fact that is true真理ADJECTIVE | VERB + TRUTH | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤basic, central, common, essential, eternal, fundamental, general, great, immutable, important, profound, simple, timeless, ultimate, universal基本道理；重要真理；普遍真理；永恆真理；深刻的道理；簡單的道理；終極的真理◇in search of the eternal truths of life探求生命的永恆真理➤ancient古老的真理▸➤obvious, self-evident, undeniable顯而易見的／不言而喻的／不可否認的道理◇We hold these truths to be self-evident...我們認為這些道理是不言而喻的⋯➤deep深刻的道理◇the deeper truths that often go unspoken常常無需說出的更深刻的道理➤underlying內在的真諦▸➤half, partial半真半假的／歪曲的事實◇His evidence was a blend of smears, half truths and downright lies.他的證詞裏摻雜着誹謗、歪曲的事實和徹頭徹尾的謊言。➤harsh, home, painful, uncomfortable, unpalatable, unpleasant, unwelcome嚴酷的真理；令人不快的真理◇It's time we told him a few home truths about sharing a house.該是時候告訴他共住一所房子的一些令人不快的事實了。➤necessary不容否定的真理▸➤moral, philosophical, scientific道德／哲學／科學真理▸➤biblical, divine, spiritual, theological, transcendent《聖經》的／神聖的／精神的／神學的／超驗的真理◇Science, like theology, reveals transcendent truths about a changing world.和神學一樣，科學揭示了有關不斷變化的世界的超驗的真理。VERB + TRUTH➤establish, reveal, uncover證實為／揭示／發現真理▸➤tell sb告訴某人真理▸➤accept, acknowledge, face up to接受／承認／正視事實PREPOSITION➤truth about關於⋯的事實◇She was forced to face up to a few unwelcome truths about her family.她不得不接受一些關於她家庭的令人不快的事實。
TOEFL BNC: 1152 COCA: 850
truth noun
⇨ truth (no truth in the rumours) ⇨ fact (the truth of the matter) truth

noun

  ➡ See also the entry for integrity 另见integrity条truth ♦︎ good faith ♦︎ sincerityThese are all words for the quality of being true, telling the truth or acting honestly. 这些词均表示真实、真诚、诚挚。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆in truth / good faith / sincerity◆to say sth with truth / sincerity◆to doubt the truth / good faith / sincerity of sb / sth■ truth [uncountable] the quality of being based on fact 真实；真实性◆There is no truth in the rumours.这些谣言毫无根据。◆There is not a grain of truth in what she says.她说的没有一句真话。OPP falsehood ⇨ lie   see also truthful ⇨ honest ■ ˌgood ˈfaith [uncountable] (always used after in 总是用于in之后) the belief that what you are doing is right or that what you are saying is correct; the intention to do sth right or be helpful 真诚；诚意；善意◆We printed the report in good faith but have now learnt that it was incorrect.我们出于好意印发了这份报告，但现在才知道这样做不对。OPP bad faith ⇨ betrayal ■ sincerity sɪnˈserəti [uncountable] (approving) the quality of being honest about what you think or feel and not lying or pretending; showing this quality 真诚；诚挚；坦诚◆I can say in all sincerity that I knew nothing of these plans.我可以十分坦诚地说，这些计划我一无所知。◆The sincerity of his beliefs is unquestionable.他对信仰的忠诚无可置疑。  see also sincere ⇨ deep 1 , sincere ⇨ honest
TOEFL BNC: 1152 COCA: 850
truth
The truth: truth, fact, actuality...
Thoughts, ideas and beliefs: thought, idea, belief...

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