Picture a hard, solid thing you can point at and say 'this is true — it really is so', as opposed to a guess, an opinion, or a made-up story. That single 'it is genuinely the case' is the core. Around it cluster two things: real events/details that truly exist, and a whole set of fixed phrases (in fact, the fact is, the fact remains) that lean on that solidity to mean 'here is the truth'.

可以想成:核心是一塊堅實、你可以指著說「這是真的、確實如此」的東西,相對於猜測、意見或編出來的故事。這個「確實是這麼回事」就是核心。圍著它的有兩圈:一圈是真實存在、真的發生過的事與細節;另一圈是一整組固定說法(in fact、the fact is、the fact remains),都借這份「堅實」來表示「這才是實情」。

Three branches

真實之事(核心義)

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true information · noun · A2

A piece of information that is known to be true, not a guess or an opinion.

事實;真實的資訊

「事實上」類連接語

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in fact (adding detail) · noun · A2

In 'in fact' or 'as a matter of fact', used to add a true or stronger detail to what you just said.

事實上;其實(加強說明)

資料與時點的搭配

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facts and figures · noun · A2

In 'facts and figures', the basic true details and numbers about a subject or situation.

(事實與數據)詳細資料

原始詞典資料12 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

factnoun/fækt/

  • 1

    Something actual as opposed to invented.

    • establish the facts
    • hard facts
  • 2

    Something which is real.

    • Gravity is a fact, not a theory.
  • 3

    Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation.

    • Let's look at the facts of the case before deciding.
  • 4

    An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of experts.

    • There is no doubting the fact that the Earth orbits the Sun.
  • 5

    Information about a particular subject, especially actual conditions and/or circumstances.

    • The facts about space travel.
    • Addition facts include 2 + 2 = 4 and 3 + 4 = 7.
  • 6

    computingdatabasesengineeringAn individual value or measurement at the lowest level of granularity in a data warehouse.

  • 7

    archaicAction; the realm of action.

    • After that Richard, the third of that name, king in fact only, but tyrant both in title and regiment[…]was[…]overthrown and slain at Bosworth Field; there succeeded in the kingdom[…]Henry the Seventh.
  • 8

    lawA wrongful or criminal deed.

    • He had become an accessory after the fact.
    • She was empassiond at that piteous act, / With zelous enuy of Greekes cruell fact, / Against that nation [...].
另外 1 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    obsoleteA feat or meritorious deed.

    • UUho when he ſhal embrace you in his arms UUil tell how many thouſand men he ſlew. And when you looke for amorous diſcourſe, Will rattle foorth his facts of war and blood: Too harſh a ſubiect for your daintie eares.
    • When he who most excels in fact of arms,

factintj/fækt/

  • 1

    Used before making a statement to introduce it as a trustworthy one.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

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