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单词 fact
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fact

/fækt/
noun
1
a thing that is indisputably the case
无可争辩的真实事情, 事实:

she lacks political experience - a fact that becomes clear when she appears in public

她缺乏政治经验, 这一事实在她公开露面时表露无遗

mass noun a body of fact.

大量的事实。

1.1

the fact that

used in discussing the significance of something that is the case
用于探讨真实事情的意义…这一事实:

the real problem facing them is the fact that their funds are being cut.

他们面临的真正问题是资金正在被削减。

1.2
(一般作facts)a piece of information used as evidence or as part of a report or news article
(用作证据的或新闻报道中的)依据。
1.3
mass noun chiefly Law the truth about events as opposed to interpretation
【主律】真相, 实际情况, 真实性:

there was a question of fact as to whether they had received the letter.

至于他们是否真的收到了那封信, 尚有疑问。

短语

before(或 after)the fact

before (or after) the committing of a crime
作案前(或后):

an accessory before the fact.

案前同谋。

a fact of life

something that must be accepted as true and unchanging, even if it is unpleasant
(必须接受的)客观事实; 无法改变的事实:

it is a fact of life that young girls write horrible things about people in their diaries.

一个不争的事实是女孩们在她们的日记中把人描绘得很可怕。

facts and figures

precise details
精确的细节。

the facts of life

information about sexual functions and practices, especially as given to children
(尤指对儿童讲的)性知识。

the fact of the matter

the truth
真相, 事实。

in (point of) fact

used to emphasize the truth of an assertion, especially one contrary to what might be expected or what has been asserted
[尤用于强调与期望或说法相反的说辞的真相]事实上, 实际上:

the subjects appear off-guard, but the photographer has in fact got them to pose.

照片中人看上去像是偷拍来的, 但实际是摄影师让他们摆了姿势的。

词源
late 15th cent.: from Latin factum, neuter past participle of facere 'do'. The original sense was 'an act or feat', later 'bad deed, a crime', surviving in the phrase before (or after) the fact. The earliest of the current senses ('truth, reality') dates from the late 16th cent.
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