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

• It would be best to take Chinese policy as a fact of life.
  最好还是将中国的政策作为一种无法改变的事实来对待。
• 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。
• 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。
• Segregation is a fact of life.
  种族隔离成了一种生活现实。
• 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。
• It is a fact of life is that many governments have strict data privacy laws that can impact the physical and logical disposition of certain data.
  一个不争的事实是，许多政府都有严格的数据隐私法律，可以影响某种数据的物理和逻辑配置。
• So driving, alas, is a fact of life for me.
  因此，唉，开车成了我生活的一部分。
• Revision is a fact of life in design.
  修改并再修改，这是设计生活中的现实。
• 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。
• If you have a dog or cat, living with pet hair and fur is a fact of life.
  如果你有一只狗或猫，生活与宠物毛发和皮毛是一个活生生的事实。