truth

英[truːθ] 美[trʊθ]
  • n. 真理;事实;诚实;实质

词态变化


复数: truths;

助记提示


1. naked truth 赤裸裸的事实.
2. falsehood, truth: 上面两个词是希腊神话中的两个小女子,falsehood(丑)和truth 洗澡后,偷了truth 的衣服,而truth 则不穿falsehood 的衣服.

中文词源


truth 事实,真相,真实

来自 true,真实的,-th,名词后缀。

英文词源


truth
truth: see true
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]



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

双语例句


1. He told some lies and sometimes just embroidered the truth.
他说了些谎,有时只是对事实添油加醋了一番。

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2. She called the verdict a victory of truth over falsehood.
她将这一判决称为真理对谬误的胜利。

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3. They can't destroy truth without destroying each and every one of us.
除非他们将我们赶尽杀绝,否则真理不灭。

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4. We want to get at the truth. Who killed him? And why?
我们想查明真相。是谁杀了他?为什么?

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5. We set out to find the truth behind the mystery.
我们开始着手揭开谜团背后的真相。

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