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
  1. It's time you told him a few home truths.
     现在你该给他讲点实话了。

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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• an important truth that is unpleasant to acknowledge (as about yourself)

双语例句

• "Oh," cried scarlett, fresh pain striking her as gerald's words brought home the terrible inevitability of the truth.
  “啊！”思嘉叫起来，由于杰拉尔德的话把事实的不可避免性说到家了，她心中产生了新的痛苦。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Perhaps, in recent years away from home entertainment, makes me feel more truth of valuable.
  或许，这些年出门在外的应酬，令我倍感真情的可贵。
• When he arrives home from school that day, he says to his mother," I know the whole truth. "
  那天放学回家，他对他的妈妈说：“我知道所有的真相。”
• No one allowed Truth to enter a home and everyone who encountered Truth ran away in fright.
  没有人愿意让真理进到他们家里，甚至每一个碰到他的人，都会落荒而逃。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。