• n. 真理；事實；誠實；實質

來自 true,真實的，-th,名詞后綴。

truth

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truth (n.)

Old English triewe (West Saxon), treowe (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]

1. He told some lies and sometimes just embroidered the truth.

他說了些謊，有時只是對事實添油加醋了一番。

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2. She called the verdict a victory of truth over falsehood.

她將這一判決稱為真理對謬誤的勝利。

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3. They can't destroy truth without destroying each and every one of us.

除非他們將我們趕盡殺絕，否則真理不滅。

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4. We want to get at the truth. Who killed him? And why?

我們想查明真相。是誰殺了他？為什么？

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5. We set out to find the truth behind the mystery.

我們開始著手揭開謎團背后的真相。

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