half-truth
['hɑ:ftru:θ]
- n. 半真半假的陈述；真假混同的欺骗性的报道
英英释义
- 1. a partially true statement intended to deceive or mislead
实用场景例句
- A half truth is often no better than a lie.
- 半真半假的话不见得比说谎要好.
《简明英汉词典》
- His own books and memoirs are a farrago of half-truth and out-right invention.
- 他自己的那些书和回忆录都是掺杂着半真半假的叙述和彻头彻尾的编造的大杂烩。
柯林斯例句
- Half - truth and hearsay was called truth.
- 似是而非及异端邪说被视为真理.
互联网
- Similar to gossip, but usually more based on some factual element or half - truth.
- 与闲言碎语相近, 但比较起来更多是建立在一些事实或半事实的基础上.
互联网
- The answer consists in supplementing and correcting the half - truth with the other half.
- 也就是说,我们必须用另一半的事实,来补足和矫正他们所强调的半边真相.
互联网
词态变化
复数: half-truths;
英文词源
- half-truth (n.)
- 1650s, from half + truth.
双语例句
- 1. Elliott crossed the finish line just half a second behind his adversary.
- 埃利奥特跨过终点线时仅比对手落后半秒钟。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She'd half expected him to withdraw from the course.
- 她多少已经预料到他会中途就退出这门课程。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The French, who led 21-3 at half time, scored eight tries.
- 上半场以21：3领先的法国队有8个达阵得分。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The curtains were half drawn to cut out the sunlight.
- 窗帘拉上了一半以遮挡阳光。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. From what I hear, half the campus is lusting after her.
- 从我听到的来看，半个学校的人都想和她上床。
来自柯林斯例句