0 something that is known to have happened or to exist, especially something for which proof exists, or about which there is information -- 现实,实际情况;(尤指)事实,真相
We are getting some facts and figures together and we will then have a full board meeting. 我们将把一些详细资料汇总,然后开一个全体董事出席的董事大会。
"Have you always lived here?" "As a matter of fact (= the truth is) I've only lived here for the last three years." “你一直在这儿住吗?”“其实我在这儿才住了3年。”
I don't work. In fact, I've never had a job. 不,我不工作。事实上,我从来没工作过。
It's sometimes hard to separate fact from fiction. 有时很难区分事实和虚构。
I'm not angry that you took my car - it's just the fact that you didn't ask me first. 我生气并不是因为你用了我的车,而是你事先没征得我同意。
No decision will be made until we know all the facts. 了解全部事实前我们不会作任何决定。
In fact there is some evidence to suggest that they were able to exhibit a degree of compassion, especially if the victim requested mercy.
The reported information on the form thus might not correspond to the reality of facts.
In fact, it was replaced by new sources of disquietude.
One patient was refused because the fact that she already had a 4-month baby did not by itself seem a sufficiently strong indication.
In fact much of what we do is based on experience that "ordinary people" (here: not researchers or other elites) have shared with us.
But, in fact, we do not place any weight on ordinary intuitions about color.
Although parties were relatively quick to form, historians have underscored the importance of the fact that they were not anticipated by the founders.
For the sake of completeness we sketch a quick proof of this last fact.