1 the truth [sing] what is true; the facts 真相；事实: Please tell me the truth. 请告诉我真相。Are you telling me the whole truth about what happened? 关于那件事，你对我说的是不是全都是事实？ The truth is, we can't afford to live here any more. 实际情况是，这里我们再也住不起了。

2 [U] the state or quality of being true 真实: There's a lot of truth in what she says. 她说的大多是实话。

3 [C] a fact or an idea that is believed by most people to be true 真理: scientific/universal truths 科学真理；普遍真理 ☞adjective true 形容词为true