英语释义

1. something that exists and must be taken into consideration

2. the fundamental physiological processes and behavior involved in sex and reproduction

3. something that exists and that cannot be changed or ignored

4. the facts about sex that are told to children

片语

ugly fact of life生活中的丑闻

facts of life fact-of-life多了个

The fact of life生命的真相

a fact of life无法改变的事实

英汉例句

• It is a fact of life that old habits die hard and not all decisions are made for truly economic-only reasons.

  这就是现实生活中的事实，旧的习惯很难消亡，并且不是所有的决策是真正的只因为商业的理由。

• Slowly the fact of life came back to him.

  生活的现实慢慢回到他心里。

• So that「s a fact of life about university. It」s a very different mix of skill sets. What it has is it has this intellectual vitality about it.

  这就是大学，不同的知识混合在一起，活跃的学术气氛，我想这是最吸引人的地方。

• Mr. Wasserstein「s pay package underscored a fact of life at Lazard: In addition to being the public face of the investment-banking firm, Mr. Wasserstein received the lion」s share of its pay.

  沃瑟斯坦的薪酬计划彰显出Lazard的一个现实：除了作为这家投资银行的代言人之外，沃瑟斯坦也拿走了Lazard薪酬的最大一份。

• Lava is a fact of life in Kalapana, about 20 miles (32kilometers) from the Big Island「s Kilauea volcano, known for its lazy streamsof fluid rock.

  在卡拉帕纳，熔巖是真实生活中的一部分，离大岛约32公里处矗立着基拉韦厄火山，这座火山以持续喷出缓慢的熔巖流而着称。

• He wanted, perhaps, to write about Aids as a fact of life rather than a fact of death.

  或许，他想将艾滋病作为人生的事实来写作，而不是将它看作为死亡的事实。

• But a surprising fact of life is that in countries where nearly everyone can afford life」s necessities, increasing affluence matters little.

  然而人们惊讶地发现，在那些几乎所有人都衣食无忧的国家里，财富的增加所起的作用惊人地小。

• 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。