fact of life
英 [fækt ɒv laɪf]
美 [fækt əv laɪf]
n. (令人不快却又无可奈何的)生活现实; (教给儿童的)性知识
Collins.1
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT (令人不快却又无法改变的)生活现实
You say that something which is not pleasant is afact of lifewhen there is nothing you can do to change it so you must accept it.- Stress is a fact of life from time to time for all of us.
对我们所有人来说,精神压力常常是无从逃避的生活现实。
- Stress is a fact of life from time to time for all of us.
- N-PLURAL (教给儿童的)性知识
If you tell a child aboutthe facts of life, you tell him or her about sexual intercourse and how babies are born.- There comes a time when children need to know more than the basic facts of life.
是时候孩子们了解更多性知识了。
- There comes a time when children need to know more than the basic facts of life.
双语例句
- That's just a simple fact of life.
这是生活中的一个简单事实。 - We accept that as a fact of life.
我们接受它,这就是生活的一部分。 - Economics must still contend with scarcity as a basic fact of life.
经济学仍然必须和稀缺相周旋,把稀缺当作生活中一种基本的事实。 - If you have a dog or cat, living with pet hair and fur is a fact of life.
如果你有一只狗或猫,生活与宠物毛发和皮毛是一个活生生的事实。 - Stress is a fact of life but there are a number of ways you can alter your lifestyle to cope better with stress.
生活中处处充满了压力,但有很多方法能够改变你的生活方式,让你更好地应对压力。 - It's a basic fact of life that many things "everybody knows" turn out to be wrong.
一个基本常识是有些大家都知道的事情结果往往是错误的。 - Quiet fact of life in a beautiful landscape.
宁静其实是人生中一道靓丽的风景线。 - But the logic of public consciousness is a fact of life.
但公众意识的逻辑乃是一种生活现实,我们必须面对。 - We consider it a fact of life: after age 30, everything starts to go downhill.
我们一向认定这是生命的事实:三十岁之后,每件事都开始走下坡。 - So driving, alas, is a fact of life for me.
因此,唉,开车成了我生活的一部分。