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.
  1. 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。
• 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.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• 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。
• 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 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。
• So driving, alas, is a fact of life for me.
  因此，唉，开车成了我生活的一部分。
• That's just a simple fact of life.
  这是生活中的一个简单事实。
• 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。
• 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。
• The stellar astronomers have to accept low intensity reciprocity failure as a significant fact of life.
  恒星天文学家不得不承认低强度倒易律失效是重大的事实。
• Your uniqueness is a scientific fact of life.
  你的独特性是有科学根据。
• It is just a fact of life.
  这是生活中再明白不过的道理。