Dreye權威釋義|fact

n.

事實[C][+（that）]
The fact that he has fully recovered makes me feel good.
他已痊癒，真令我高興。
But nothing can alter the facts.
但任何東西也改變不了這些事實。
實際，實情，真相[U]
Our conclusion is based entirely on fact.
我們的結論完全是實事求是的。
【律】（犯罪）事實，罪行[the S]
論據[C]
His facts are open to question.
他的論據易引起疑問。

片語

fact of life

生活中的嚴酷現實
It is a fact of life and you must face it.
這是嚴酷的現實，你必須面對它。

in fact

事實上
I think so; in fact, I am quite sure.
我想如此，事實上我十分相信如此。

the facts of life

性知識
At what age should children be told the facts of life?
孩子們應該在什麼年齡了解有關性的常識？

辨析

同義:

n.事實；細節；項目

detail item point truth certainty evidence data clue

反義:

n.「事實；真相」的反義字

fiction fable

同義參見:

accuracy actuality occurrence reality thing phenomenon

反義參見:

falsehood

以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》

n.

a thing that is indisputably the case.

▸ (facts) information used as evidence or as part of a report.

▸chiefly Law the truth about events as opposed to interpretation.

Phrase

before (or after) the fact
Law before (or after) the committing of a crime.
a fact of life
something that must be accepted, even if unpalatable.
the facts of life
information about sexual matters.
in (point of) fact
in reality.

Etymology

C15 (orig. meaning ‘an act’, later ‘a crime’, surviving in the phr. before (or after) the fact): from L. factum, neut. past part. of facere ‘do’.

以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》