true是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 (especially of facts or statements) right and not wrong; correct -- （尤指事實或陳述）正確的，真實的，確實的；如實的

  • [ + that ] Is it true that Mariana and Mark are getting married? 瑪麗安娜和馬克真的要結婚嗎？

  • The allegations, if true, could lead to her resignation. 這些指控如果屬實的話，可能會導致她辭職。

  • Her story is only partly true. 她的描述只有部分是真實的。

  • Would it be true to say that you've never liked Jim? 可以說你從來就沒有喜歡過吉姆，對嗎？

  • I suspect she gave a true picture (= accurate description) of what had happened. 我認為她對所發生事情的描述是真實的。

  • I don't believe these exam results are a true reflection of your abilities. 我認為這些考試結果並沒有真實反映你的能力。

  • The movie is based on the true story of a London gangster. 這部電影是根據倫敦一名犯罪團夥成員的真實故事拍攝。

  • She has since admitted that her earlier statement was not strictly (= completely) true. 她後來承認先前所講的並不完全真實。

  • It used to be very cheap but that's no longer true (= that situation does not now exist). 這東西以前很便宜，可現在不一樣了。

  • Alcohol should be consumed in moderation, and this is particularly true for pregnant women. 飲酒應適量，對孕婦尤其如此。

  • Parents of young children often become depressed, and this is especially true of single parents. 年幼孩子的父母常常罹患抑鬱症，單身母親尤其如此。

  • It's true enough that he had doubts about the project, but we have to look further to understand why he resigned. 他確實對這個專案心存疑慮，但是我們必須看得更深入才能理解他為什麼辭職。

• 1 being what exists, rather than what was thought, intended, or stated -- 真正的，實質的

  • true love 真愛

  • a true friend 真正的朋友

  • There cannot be true democracy without reform of the electoral system. 不進行選舉制度的改革就不可能有真正的民主。

  • The true horror of the accident did not become clear until the morning. 事故到底有多恐怖，直到早上才大白於天下。

  • I'd always dreamed of owning my own house, but I never thought it would come true. 我以前一直夢想擁有屬於自己的房子，但從沒想到這會成為現實。

  • After all the problems I'd had getting pregnant, Oliver's birth was a dream come true. 經歷了懷孕的所有問題後，奧利弗的出世圓了我的夢。

• 2 sincere or loyal, and likely to continue to be so in difficult situations -- 忠實的，忠誠的；虔誠的

  • There are few true believers in communism left in the party. 黨內虔誠信仰共產主義的黨員所剩無幾。

  • She has vowed to remain true to the president whatever happens. 她已經宣誓在任何情況下都將效忠於總統。

  • He said he'd repay the money the next day, and true to his word (= as he had promised), he gave it all back to me the following morning. 他說第二天還錢，果然說到做到，第二天上午就把錢全部還給了我。

  • True to form, when it came to his turn to buy the drinks, he said he'd left his wallet at home. 像往常一樣，輪到他買飲料時，他就稱錢包忘在家裡了。

• 3 having all the characteristics necessary to be accurately described as something -- 真正的，純正的；名副其實的；典型的

  • Only true deer have antlers. 只有純種鹿才有鹿角。

  • formal It was said that the portrait was a very true likeness of her (= looked very much like her). 據說，這幅肖像畫得非常像她本人。

  • In true Hollywood style (= in a way that is typical of Hollywood), she's had four marriages and three facelifts. 她結過四次婚，整過三次容——這是典型的好萊塢式的作風。

• 4 fitted or positioned accurately -- 位於正確位置的；端正的

  • None of the drawers were true. 沒有一個抽屜裝正了位置。

• 5 to not be in the correct position or to be slightly bent out of the correct shape -- 不平；不直；不正

  • This door won't shut. I think the frame must be out of true. 這扇門關不嚴。我看一定是門框歪了。

• 6 straight and without moving to either side -- 準確的；精確的

  • Make sure you hit the nails in true. 要確保釘子釘準了。