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half truth

/haf-trooth, hahf-/US // ˈhæfˌtruθ, ˈhɑf- //

半真半假,一半的真相,半个事实,一半事实

Related Words

generalization普及化,普及,普及性,普及率abstraction抽象,抽象法,抽取,抽象化observation观察,观测,观察结果,观察力principle原则,原则上,道理,原理law法律,法,法律规定,法规universality普遍性,普及性,通用性,普及exaggeration夸大其词,夸大其辞,夸张,夸大之词untruth不真实的东西,不真实,不实之词,不真实的事

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural half-truths [haf-troothz, hahf-]. /ˈhæfˌtruðz, ˈhɑf-/.

    • : a statement that is only partly true, especially one intended to deceive, evade blame, or the like.
    • : a statement that fails to divulge the whole truth.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inwhite lie
Synonyms
exaggeration夸大其词,夸大其辞,夸张,夸大之词half-truth半真半假,半真相,半真理,半真实harmless untruth违心之言,拙劣的谎言,朴实无华的谎言,违心之论little white lie白色小谎言,小小的白色谎言,小白话,小白脸mental dishonesty精神不健全,精神不诚实,心理不诚实,精神不正常near truth近乎真实,近乎真理,近乎真相,近乎事实partial truth部分真相,部分事实,局部真理,局部真相slight stretch略微伸展,略为伸展,略微拉伸,略有伸展suggestio falsi暗示错误,暗示失败,建议,暗示错误信息trivial untruth琐碎的不实之词,琐碎的不实之辞,琐碎的不实之言,琐碎的不实报道untruth不真实的东西,不真实,不实之词,不真实的事well-intentioned untruth善意的不实之词,善意的谎言,善意的不实报道,好心没好报
as infalsehood
Synonyms
cover-up遮掩,掩饰,遮盖物,遮盖deceit骗术,骗局,欺骗,骗人deception诈骗,欺骗,欺骗行为,欺骗性dishonesty不诚实行为,不诚实的行为,不诚实,坏事distortion失真,变形,扭曲,歪曲fabrication制造,制作,加工,虚构fakery造假,作假,伪造,虚假性fallacy谬误,谬论,误区,谬种falsity假话,虚假性,假的,虚假misstatement错报,误报,错误陈述,虚报perjury伪证,伪证罪,伪证行为,作伪证prevarication推诿扯皮,推诿,推诿责任,推诿行为sham虚伪,骗局,骗人的,虚假的tall tale荒唐故事,荒诞故事,大话西游,荒诞的故事untruth不真实的东西,不真实,不实之词,不真实的事canard鸭舌帽,鸭嘴兽,金钟罩,罐头dissimulation异想天开,异装癖,骗人,骗人的东西equivocation多虑,多意,多义性,多疑erroneousness错误性,错误,错谬性,错误的error错误,误差,错,差错fable寓言故事,寓言,寓意,寓言式的fallaciousness谬误,谬误性,谬论,错觉falseness虚假性,虚假,假的,虚伪性feigning佯装,假装,伪装,佯作fib纤维,纤维的fiction虚构,小说,虚构的,幻想figment幻影,幻象,幻像,形象fraud欺诈,诈骗,欺诈行为,欺骗hogwash胡说八道,胡言乱语,胡扯八道line线,行,路线,线条mendacity伪装,伪善,虚伪,虚伪性pretense幌子,伪装,矫饰,虚假story故事,报道,新闻报道,新闻tale故事,岈,岈语untruthfulness不真实性,不真实,不实之词,不真实的whopper巨无霸,呜呜呜,呜呼yarn纱线,纱布,纱,纺纱fibbery贿赂,贿赂行为,贿赂罪,贿赂案untruism非利他主义,非利己主义,不利己主义,非利他性
as ingenerality
Synonyms
generalization普及化,普及,普及性,普及率abstraction抽象,抽象法,抽取,抽象化half-truth半真半假,半真相,半真理,半真实law法律,法,法律规定,法规observation观察,观测,观察结果,观察力principle原则,原则上,道理,原理universality普遍性,普及性,通用性,普及abstract principle抽象原则,抽象原理,抽象的原则,抽象法则loose statement松散的声明,松散声明,松散的陈述,松散的说法sweeping statement总括性声明,笼统的说法,笼统的声明,笼统地说

Examples

  • Eric Garcetti succeeded Villaraigosa and has received high marks in his first year and a half on the job.

  • The simple, awful truth is that free speech has never been particularly popular in America.

  • Taraji manages to bring an equal measure of truth to the mother in her character.

  • The media tend to frame situations like this as aberrations, but in this case, quite the opposite is the truth.

  • My dad was a sailor, and all through my childhood he was away half of the time at sea, and to an extent I have a similar job.

  • And to tell the truth, she couldn't help wishing he could see, so he could make the game livelier.

  • Truth is a torch, but one of enormous size; so that we slink past it in rather a blinking fashion for fear it should burn us.

  • It is the principal waste-product of metabolism, and constitutes about one-half of all the solids excreted—about 30 gm.

  • A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.

  • Hilda, trembling at the door, more than half expected Mr. Orgreave to say: "You mean, she's invited herself."

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