ADJ-GRADED 基于事实的;真实的;如实的;可信的 If something is true, it is based on facts rather than being invented or imagined, and is accurate and reliable.
Everything I had heard about him was true... 我听说的关于他的一切都是真实的。
He said it was true that a collision had happened… 他说真的发生了冲突。
The film tells the true story of a group who survived in the Andes in sub-zero temperatures. 电影讲述了一群人在安第斯山脉零度以下的环境中生存下来的真实故事。
ADJ (感情)真实的,真挚的;(物品)真的,真正的,正品的 You use true to emphasize that a person or thing is sincere or genuine, often in contrast to something that is pretended or hidden.
I allowed myself to acknowledge my true feelings... 我愿意承认我的真实感情。
The true cost often differs from that which had first been projected... 实际成本经常与最初计划的有所不同。
He argues that he is the true candidate of change. 他争辩说他才是真正能带来变革的候选人。
ADJ 纯粹的;真正的;名副其实的 If you use true to describe something or someone, you approve of them because they have all the characteristics or qualities that such a person or thing typically has.
This country professes to be a true democracy… 这个国家自称是真正的民主政体。
Maybe one day you'll find true love... 也许有一天你会找到真爱。
The ability to work collaboratively is a true test of leadership... 与人合作的能力是对领导能力的一种真正检验。
I think he's a true genius. 我认为他是个真正的天才。
ADJ-GRADED 适用的;符合的;合理的 If you say that a fact is true of a particular person or situation, you mean that it is valid or relevant for them.
I accept that the romance may have gone out of the marriage, but surely this is true of many couples... 我同意婚姻里可能已经没有了浪漫这一说法,而且很多夫妻都的确如此。
Expenditure on health in most of these countries has gone down, and the same is true for education. 这些国家的医疗支出大多已经下降,教育支出也是如此。
ADJ-GRADED 确实的;诚然的 You can use true in order to admit that a fact or opinion is real or valid before indicating that you think that it is not important or relevant in the circumstances.
It's true she gets madly impatient with him, but what mother doesn't?… 她确实对他极其不耐烦,但哪个母亲不是这样呢?
The state, it is true, gave money towards their wages. Nevertheless the whole process had not been organized properly… 诚然,政府已经拨款支付他们的工资。但整个过程没有组织妥当。
'Things are a bit different in my country.' 'True, true, but we're not in your country, are we?' “我们国家的习惯有点不同。”“那当然,但我们如今不在你们国家呀?”
ADJ 忠实的;忠诚的;恪守(诺言、思想等)的 If you are true to someone, you remain committed and loyal to them. If you are true to an idea or promise, you remain committed to it and continue to act according to it.
David was true to his wife... 戴维忠于妻子。
India has remained true to democracy... 印度一直奉行民主政治。
She's been true to her word from day one. 她从第一天起就恪守诺言。
PHRASE (梦想、愿望或预言)成真,成为现实 If a dream, wish, or prediction comes true, it actually happens.
Many of his predictions are coming true… 他的很多预言正成为现实。
Owning a place of their own is a dream come true for the couple. 这对夫妇拥有了自己的房子,终于梦想成真了。
PHRASE 同样适用;在…情况下亦然 If a general statement holds true in particular circumstances, or if your previous statement holds true in different circumstances, it is true or valid in those circumstances.
This law is known to hold true for galaxies at a distance of at least several billion light years. 据知,这条定律同样适用于距离至少几十亿光年之远的星系。
PHRASE 好得令人难以置信 If you say that something seems too good to be true, you are suspicious of it because it seems better than you had expected, and you think there may something wrong with it that you have not noticed.
On the whole the celebrations were remarkably good-humoured and peaceful. Indeed, it seemed almost too good to be true. 总体上,庆典活动一派快乐祥和。事实上,简直好得让人难以置信。
PHRASE 栩栩如生;逼真;活灵活现 If you say that something such as a story or a film is true to life, you approve of it because it seems real.
The opening scenes of this movie are just not true to life. 这部电影开场的几幕真是太假了。
From the files that have now been released, a truer picture emerges. 从现在已公布的文件看,真相开始浮现。
Even I could see there was another, truer narrative, with luck as its theme. 即使我都能看的明白,有另一种更真实的传奇,它的主题是运气。
If you are constantly wondering if you will have a job next week, stress will definitely start to creep in and take over your life. This becomes even truer if you have a family and children that depend on you. 如果你一直都担心下周是否还有工作,那么压力绝对会开始悄悄地进入你的生活,从而占据着你的生活。如果你又需要养家、养孩子,那么这种感觉就会更真实。
Parkinson's law1," Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion,", has never been truer than for requirements-related work. Parkinson's法则1“工作如此扩展以至于占据了所有完成它的可用时间”。没有什么比需求相关工作更真实的了。
'You never spoke a truer word,' said the second. 你从没有说过比这更千真万确的话。第二个妇女说。
'I believe you can get a truer sense of the world from those disregarded intra-colors.' 我相信,通过那些被人忽视的细分色彩,你可以获得对世界更真实的感知。
So when the old man asked me in person what I really wanted, I found other, truer words. 因此当老人亲自问我,我想要什么,我找到其他更真诚的话来说。
So while we are cowards before petty troubles, great sorrows make us brave by rousing our truer manhood. 因此我们在面对微小的困难时是个懦夫,而巨大的不幸却能激起我们更真实的勇气,使我们勇敢起来。
This is truer than ever. 这句话比以往任何时候都正确。
You never spoke a truer word. 你说的一点不假。
My answer to the first is that the savings-glut hypothesis is truer, for several reasons. 我对第一个问题的回答是,储蓄过剩说更真实一些。
Yourself goes to impoverished area going personally, have a look, gotten data either truer, more detailed? 你自己亲自去贫困地区走一走、看一看,得到的材料不是更真实、更具体吗?
A truer Friend than me you will never find. 你再也不会找到一个比我更真心的朋友了。
You have an expression that love makes the world go round? and this could not be truer. 你有一个表达“爱使世界运转”,那不是一个较贴切的说法。
Truth never said a truer word. 真理说过的话中,当属此句最有道理。
Nothing is truer than parables. 没有什么能比寓言更真实了。
She spoke truer than she knew. 她说的比她了解的更接近事实。
If your loved one claims to "only have eyes for you" this Valentine's Day, it might be truer than you think. 如果你的爱人在这个情人节对你说“我的眼里只有你”,这句话可能比你想象的更真诚。
Speaking from the vantage point of my own truth, I find some things are truer than others. 从我自己的真理来说,我发现有些事物比其它事物更加真实。
What do you think he would say, if someone told him that what he had formerly seen was meaningless illusion, but now, being somewhat nearer to reality and turned towards more real objects, he was getting a truer view? 如果有人告诉他,他以前所见都是毫无意义的幻觉,而现在他离实在近了一些,面对更为真实的物品,看见的东西更为真实,你认为他会怎样回答?
All good books have one thing in common-they are truer than if they had really happened. 好书都有一个共同点&它们都比真实事件还真实。
This is never truer than for satellite technology. 没有什么比卫星技术更能实现这种情况。
There is no truer torment for my soul than to know you unwell and unhappy. 让我知道你生病和不高兴是对我精神最大的折磨。
It will make you more noble, a truer woman, more generous. 它会使你变得更崇高,更豁达,成为一个更真诚的女人。
If you make up a story that isn't true, handing it down over a number of centuries doesn't make it any truer! 如果你创作了一个假的故事,让它流传很多个世纪,丝毫不能让它变得更真实!
He had spoken truer than he knew. 他说得比他知道的还确切。
This is even truer of imperialism today, for it is only the oppressed nations and the oppressed classes that can wage just wars. 于今帝国主义则更加无义战,只有被压迫民族和被压迫阶级有义战。
We've let go of a false certainty, and are on the way to finding a new and truer understanding. 我们放下错误的确定性,开始寻找一个新的更正确的理解。
Where shall we see a better daughter, or a kinder sister, or a truer friend? 我们上哪儿能找到一个这么孝顺的女儿,这么亲切的姐妹,这么真挚的朋友?