truth

来自 true,真实的，-th,名词后缀。

truth

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truth (n.)

Old English triewð (West Saxon), treowð (Mercian) "faith, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty; veracity, quality of being true; pledge, covenant," from triewe, treowe "faithful" (see true (adj.)), with Proto-Germanic abstract noun suffix *-itho (see -th (2)).

Sense of "something that is true" is first recorded mid-14c. Meaning "accuracy, correctness" is from 1560s. English and most other IE languages do not have a primary verb for for "speak the truth," as a contrast to lie (v.). Truth squad in U.S. political sense first attested in the 1952 U.S. presidential election campaign.

At midweek the Republican campaign was bolstered by an innovation--the "truth squad" ..., a team of senators who trailed whistle-stopping Harry Truman to field what they denounced as his wild pitches. ["Life," Oct. 13, 1952]

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Let [Truth] and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter. [Milton, "Areopagitica," 1644]

1. He told some lies and sometimes just embroidered the truth.

他说了些谎，有时只是对事实添油加醋了一番。

2. She called the verdict a victory of truth over falsehood.

她将这一判决称为真理对谬误的胜利。

3. They can't destroy truth without destroying each and every one of us.

除非他们将我们赶尽杀绝，否则真理不灭。

4. We want to get at the truth. Who killed him? And why?

我们想查明真相。是谁杀了他？为什么？

5. We set out to find the truth behind the mystery.

我们开始着手揭开谜团背后的真相。