/tru: ||; tru/adj1 right or correct 正确的: Is it true that Adam is leaving? 亚当真的要走吗?I didn't think the film was at all true to life (= it didn't show life as it really is). 我认为这影片未能反映现实生活。Read the statements and decide if they are true or false. 好好读一读这些话,再判断到底是真是假。 [OPP] untrue or false 反义词为untrue或false
2 real or genuine, often when this is different from how sth seems 真实的: The novel was based on a true story. 那本小说根据真实故事写成的。 [OPP] false 反义词为false
3 having all the typical qualities of the thing mentioned 真正的: How do you know when you have found true love ? 你怎样知道已找到真正的爱情?
4 true (to sb/sth) behaving as expected or as promised 忠诚的;忠实的: He was true to his word (= he did what he had promised). 他信守诺言。She has been a true friend to me. 她一直是我忠实的朋友。 ☞noun truth 名词为truth
come true to happen in the way you hoped or dreamed 实现:
My dream has come true! 我的梦想实现了! too good to be true used to say that you cannot believe that sth/sb is as good as it/he/she seems (用于表示好得令人不能相信)
true to form typical; as usual 典型;一如往常