half-truth

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A deceptive statement, especially one that is only partly true, is incomplete, misrepresents reality by telling part of the truth, or alters the time sequence of truths. countable,uncountable
    — The Minister no doubt would claim that the public has already expressed its opinion by deserting the trains. As we have said before, this is scarcely a half-truth. By and large, where there has been a decline the public has deserted the out-dated trains; [...].

词形变化

half-truths plural half truth alternative

词源

Etymology tree
English half-
Proto-Indo-European *drewH-der.
Proto-Germanic *triwwiz
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂der.
Proto-Germanic *-iþō
Proto-Germanic *triwwiþō
Old English trēowþ
Middle English trouthe
English truth
English half-truth
From half- + truth.
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