fact

n

• ① 1事实,真相2实事;现实(与理论、意见、想像等相对)
  • She told me a few facts about herself.她告诉我有关她自己的几项事实。
  • an established fact既定事实
  • I know this for a fact.我知道此事为事实。
  • I know for a fact that she has a boyfriend.我确实知道她有一个男朋友。
  • It's a fact that jogging is a good exercise.慢跑是一项好的运动,这是事实。
  • No one can deny the fact that the earth is round.没有人能否认地球是圆的。
  • The fact of its [of the painting] being a facsimile is not mentioned at all.=The fact that it [the painting] is a facsimile is not mentioned at all.它[那幅画]是件拷贝品的这个事实根本没有被提到。
  • a movie based on fact一部根据实事的电影
  • Fact is stranger than fiction.实事奇于小说。

• ② 【法律】1[the fact](犯罪等的)行为;罪行2[常用复数形]所主张的事
  • an accessory before [after] the fact事前[事后]的从犯
  • confess the fact供认罪行
  • They doubted his facts.他们怀疑他所主张的事。