truth

1. N-UNCOUNT Thetruth about something is all the facts about it, rather than things that are imagined or invented. 實情; 真相

Is it possible to separate truth from fiction?

有可能區分事實和謊言嗎？

I must tell you the truth about this business. 我必須告訴你這樁交易的真相。

2. N-UNCOUNT If you say that there is some truth in a statement or story, you mean that it is true, or at least partly true. 真實性

There is no truth in this story. 這個故事不具備真實性。

Is there any truth to the rumours?

這些謠傳有事實根據嗎？

3. N-COUNT A truth is something that is believed to be true. 真理

It is an almost universal truth that the more we are promoted in a job, the less we actually exercise the skills we initially used to perform it. 一個幾乎普遍的真理是，工作上提陞得越高，我們最初的那些工作技能實際上就用得越少。

4. PHRASE You say to tell you the truth or truth to tell in order to indicate that you are telling someone something in an open and honest way, without trying to hide anything. 跟你說實話

To tell you the truth, I was afraid to see him. 跟你說實話，我怕見到他。