truth

n. 真理；事实；诚实；实质

中文词源

truth 事实，真相，真实

来自 true,真实的，-th,名词后缀。

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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]

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

1. naked truth 赤裸裸的事实.2. falsehood, truth: 上面两个词是希腊神话中的两个小女子，falsehood(丑）和truth 洗澡后，偷了truth 的衣服，而truth 则不穿falsehood 的衣服.

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？