home truth
英 [ˌhəʊm ˈtruːθ]
美 [ˌhoʊm ˈtruːθ]
n. 使人不愉快的事实(通常由别人告知); (关于某人的)大实话
牛津词典
noun
- 使人不愉快的事实（通常由别人告知）；（关于某人的）大实话
a true but unpleasant fact about a person, usually told to them by sb else- It's time you told him a few home truths.
现在你该给他讲点实话了。
- It's time you told him a few home truths.
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT （通常由别人告知的关于自己的）不愉快的事实，逆耳之言
Home truthsare unpleasant facts that you learn about yourself, usually from someone else.- We held a team meeting and a few home truths were spelled out.
我们开了一个队内会议，互相说了些不中听的话。
- We held a team meeting and a few home truths were spelled out.
英英释义
noun
- an important truth that is unpleasant to acknowledge (as about yourself)
双语例句
- Their implosion, after years of rapid expansion abroad, rammed home the unpleasant truth that banks may be global in life but are national in death.
在经历了为期数年的急速海外扩张后，这些银行在一夜之间轰然倒塌，猛然揭示了令人不安的事实：银行可以作为全球企业存在，但只能作为民族企业消亡。 - In the heart of not a few consumers, always think that "low carbon" home embarks for certain amount to top price load in the home, the truth is really not so.
在不少消费者的心目中，总以为“低碳”家装就一定等于高价家装，事实并非如此。 - Compare with definition and evaluation standards at home and abroad, from the development tendency, it can reflect the national characteristic, which making situation itself as a starting point, seeking truth from facts.
将国内外准则进行比较，从比较中发现我国会计准则的特色，是以自身国情为出发点，坚持实事求是。 - This is a a home truth, but I have to refer to it again to remind myself to turn to the direction compatible with me and walk this way on and on.
这是一个老生常谈的话题了，但是我不得不再次提起它来提醒我自己：转向适合自己的方向，沿着这条路持续前行。 - Home is an inner state of being in which one has returned unto one's own truth.
家是一个人回归到自身真相中的内在状态。 - He believes that university is the spiritual home to pursue freedom and truth, and spiritual interaction is the most important path to achieve.
他认为大学是追求自由和真理的精神家园，而精神交往是最重要的实现路径。 - This will help drive home the meaning of the new words. A witness in court is obligated to tell the truth.
这有助于把这些生词的意义讲清楚。证人在法庭上有义务讲清事实真象。 - The stereotype of grandparents sitting at home with a blanket over their knees could not be further from the truth.
传统印象中，祖父母膝上搭条毯子在家待着的情景已经不复存在。 - He observes this home budgeting truth that "there is no typical month" to be a lot like agile development and our use of velocity
他注意到家庭预算的事实那就是“没有具有代表性的月份”与敏捷开发以及我们使用的生产率非常相似 - Lucille's home was very grandly called a chateau, though in truth it was nothing more than a large moated farm.
露西尔的家美其名曰城堡，事实上不过是一座壕沟环绕的大农场。