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
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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
- So I readily accept that big business can be beneficial to society and is a fact of life.
因此，我欣然认同以下这一点：大企业能够有利于社会，这是无可争辩的事实。 - Accelerating business change is a fact of life for today's global commercial and institutional entities.
商业变化的发生越来越快是今天全球商业和机构实体中一个不争的事实。 - It is a sad fact of life that we cannot count on other people most of the time.
生活中比较遗憾的一面就是，多数时候，我们是无法指望别人的。 - It would be best to take Chinese policy as a fact of life.
最好还是将中国的政策作为一种无法改变的事实来对待。 - She says such discrimination is a fact of life in Vietnam.
她说，此类歧视是在越南生活所要面对的一个现实。 - That's just a simple fact of life.
这是生活中的一个简单事实。 - 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。 - Oil spills seem to unfortunately be a fact of life when drilling and transporting oil from the ocean floor.
漏油似乎是海底石油钻探和输送过程中很难完全避免的现象。 - 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。 - Segregation is a fact of life.
种族隔离成了一种生活现实。