fact — EN↔ZH

fact

/BrE fakt

, AmE fækt

A noun

1 [countable] 事实;

isn't it a fact that the firm is losing money? 公司正在亏损，这难道不是事实吗？;

hard facts 事实真相;

facts and figures 准确的信息;

a report full of facts and figures 资料翔实的报告;

to get one's facts right 把事实弄确切;

to face (the) facts 面对现实;

to know sth for a fact 确切地知道某事;

I know for a fact that she's involved in something illegal 我肯定她卷入了非法活动;

the facts speak for themselves 事实足以说明一切;

(and) that's a fact informal 事实就是这样;

is that a fact? informal (expressing interest or disbelief) 是真的吗？;

the facts of life [尤指对儿童讲的] 性知识

2 [countable] (existing situation, reality) 现实;

space travel is now a fact 太空旅行已成为现实;

despite/owing to/apart from/in view of the fact that … 尽管／由于／除了／鉴于…;

the fact (of the matter) is that … 事实上是…;

a new car would be wonderful, but the fact is that we can't afford one 新车好是好，不过实际情况是我们买不起;

after the fact 事后;

a fact of life 生活的现实

3 [uncountable] (truth) 真实的事物;

fact and fiction 真实和虚构;

this story is based on fact 这个故事以真人真事为基础;

to accept sth as fact 把某事当真

4 [uncountable and countable] Law 事实;

a question of fact 事实问题

B (as a matter of fact, in (actual) fact, in point of fact)

adverb phrase

1 (when adding detail) 确切地说 [用以补充细节];

we finished it yesterday, as a matter of fact 其实，这事我们昨天就完成了;

I used to live in France; in fact, not far from where you're going 我以前住在法国；确切地说，离你要去的地方不远

2 (when reinforcing point) 事实上 [用以强调];

they promised to pay and in fact that's what they did 他们答应付钱，事实上他们也这样做了;

does it in fact matter very much? 它真的关系重大吗？

3 (when summarizing) 总而言之;

he's dishonest, and ignorant: quite unsuitable in fact 他这人既不诚实又无知：总之很不合适

4 (when contrasting, contradicting) 实际上 [用以对比];

I don't mind at all; in fact I'm delighted 我一点都不介意，实际上我很高兴