复合形式：
|
| bend the truth v expr | figurative, euphemism (change, omit facts) | SCSimplified Chinese 歪曲事实 |
| | Lawyers have been known to bend the truth in order to win cases. |
| be economical with the truth v expr | UK, euphemism (lie, not tell whole truth) | SCSimplified Chinese 隐瞒部分事实 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 没有完全说实话 |
gospel,
gospel truth n | figurative (truth) (比喻) | SCSimplified Chinese 真理，毋庸置疑的事实 zhēn lǐ
TCTraditional Chinese 真理 |
| | The gospel truth is that John didn't go to work, he went to play golf. |
| gospel truth n | figurative (unquestionable truth) (比喻) | SCSimplified Chinese 千真万确的事，绝对真理 qiān zhēn wàn què de shì，jué duì zhēn lǐ |
| | Don't take everything you read in the newspaper as the gospel truth. |
| grain of truth n | countable, figurative (tiny amount) | SCSimplified Chinese 一点，些许 yì diǎn，xiē xǔ |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 少量 shǎo liàng
TCTraditional Chinese 少量 |
| | Every myth has a grain of truth. |
| | If that teacher had a grain of empathy for his students, he wouldn't humiliate them in class. |
| | 每则神话中都有些许真实的成分。// 如果那位老师对自己的学生有一点点同情，就不会在班里羞辱他们。 |
| grain of truth n | (truthful element) | SCSimplified Chinese 一点可信的东西 |
| half-truth n | (partial lie) | SCSimplified Chinese 半真半假的陈述 |
| home truth n | informal, often plural ([sth] hard to acknowledge) | SCSimplified Chinese 逆耳忠言 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 难以接受的事实 |
| | One of us needs to tell Joey some home truths: if he doesn't start studying, he's going to flunk his exams. |
if truth be told,
truth be told expr | (to be honest) | SCSimplified Chinese 如果说实话 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 请恕我直言 |
| in all truth adv | (honestly) | SCSimplified Chinese 说真的 shuō zhēn de |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 说实话 shuō zhēn de ，shuō shí huà |
| in truth adv | (honestly, to tell the truth) | SCSimplified Chinese 诚实地 chéng shí de
TCTraditional Chinese 誠實地 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 实在地 chéng shí de ，shí zài de |
| | In truth, I don't really like him – he's too arrogant. |
| It's the gospel truth expr | figurative, informal (it's the absolute truth) | SCSimplified Chinese 这是绝对真理 |
| | He can make nonsense sound as if it's the gospel truth. |
| moment of truth n | (revelation) | SCSimplified Chinese 揭示真相的时刻 jiē shì zhēn xiàng de shí kè |
| | I had a moment of truth when I realised he had been deceiving me. |
| moment of truth n | (when [sth] is shown to be success or failure) | SCSimplified Chinese 关键时刻 guān jiàn shí kè
TCTraditional Chinese 關鍵時刻 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 最后关头 guān jiàn shí kè，zuì hòu guān tóu |
| | Now is the moment of truth when we will find out whether this aeroplane will fly or not. |
| naked truth n | ([sth] brutally honest) | SCSimplified Chinese 赤裸的真相，明明白白的事 |
| post-truth adj | (not valuing objective facts) | SCSimplified Chinese 后真相的 |
| revealed truth n | (revelation, epiphany) | SCSimplified Chinese 被揭示的真相 bèi jiē shì de zhēn xiàng |
| | To accept a revealed truth as real, you must believe in the entity that revealed it. |
| self-evident truth n | ([sth] obvious) | SCSimplified Chinese 不证自明的事实真相 bú zhèng zì míng de shì shí zhēn xiàng |
| tell the truth v expr | (be honest) | SCSimplified Chinese 诚实 chéng shí
TCTraditional Chinese 誠實 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 讲实话 chéng shí ，jiǎng shí huà |
| | If a woman asks if you can guess her age, never tell her the truth! |
| the absolute truth n | ([sth] ultimately and universally true) | SCSimplified Chinese 绝对的真理 jué duì de zhēn lǐ |
| | We'll probably never know the absolute truth about the life of Jesus Christ. |
| the truth of the matter n | (facts, reality) | SCSimplified Chinese 现实 xiàn shí
TCTraditional Chinese 現實 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 事实，事情的真相 shì shí
TCTraditional Chinese 事實 |
| The truth shall set you free. expr | Biblical (knowledge is power) | SCSimplified Chinese 知识就是力量。 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 知识让人解放。 |
| | "The truth shall set you free"; have you ever thought about what that statement means? |
| to tell the truth expr | (honestly) | SCSimplified Chinese 老实说 lǎo shí shuō |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 说实话 lǎo shí shuō，shuō shí huà |
| | To tell the truth, the show wasn't very good. |
| truth or dare n | (question-and-answer game) | SCSimplified Chinese 真心话大冒险 |
truth serum,
truth drug n | (sodium pentothal) | SCSimplified Chinese 真言剂 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 吐真剂 |
| | The CIA agent administered the truth serum to the suspected terrorist. |
| universal truth n | ([sth] absolutely and ultimately true) | SCSimplified Chinese 普遍真理 pǔ biàn zhēn lǐ
TCTraditional Chinese 普遍真理 |
| | It is a universal truth that the greatest pleasures in life are often the simplest ones. |