fact n. 1.事實,實際,實情。 2.犯罪行為。 3.論據(jù);證據(jù)。 an established fact 既定事實。 The fact (of the matter) is that ... 事實上是。 Facts are stubborn (things). 〔諺語〕事實是改變不了的。 Facts speak louder than words. 事實勝于雄辯。 the hard facts 現(xiàn)實。 His facts are open to question. 他的論據(jù)有問題。 after [before] the fact 犯罪后[前],作案后[前] (an accessary after the fact 事后從犯)。 as a matter of fact 事實是,事實上。 bring out the facts and reasons 擺事實,講道理。 facts of life 1. 性知識。 2. 嚴酷的現(xiàn)實。 facts on file 小資料。 from the fact that ... 從…的事實上來看。 in fact 其實,事實上,實際上;總之。 be caught in the fact 當場被捕。 in point of fact 實際上。 turn the facts upside down 顛倒黑白。
Many more eighteenth-century novels were written by women than by men, but this dominance has, until very recently, been regarded merely as statistical fact, a bit of arcane knowledge noted only by bibliographers 十八世紀的小說由女性所寫的遠比男性所寫的要多,但直到最近,這種優(yōu)勢才不被認為僅僅是統(tǒng)計學上的事實,而這種事實是只有文獻學家才會關注的略感神秘的知識。