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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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