Fact

(noun.) a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred; 'first you must collect all the facts of the case'.

(noun.) a concept whose truth can be proved; 'scientific hypotheses are not facts'.

(noun.) a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened; 'he supported his argument with an impressive array of facts'.

(noun.) an event known to have happened or something known to have existed; 'your fears have no basis in fact'; 'how much of the story is fact and how much fiction is hard to tell'.

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• I am also to take it as a matter of fact that the proposal to withdraw from the engagement came, in the first instance, from YOU? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• One sees very little about it in the newspapers and popular magazines, in spite of the fact that it is the keystone, so to speak, of the motion-picture industry. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Reply: I fancy, though we never met, that you and I are in fact acquainted, and understand each other perfectly. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The fact is, my young friend,' said Mr. Stiggins solemnly, 'he has an obderrate bosom. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The sign Bell out of order is usually due to the fact that the battery is either temporarily or permanently exhausted. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• It was the superficial unreal world of fact. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• In childhood and youth, with their relative freedom from economic stress, this fact is naked and unconcealed. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• He was, in fact, the most agreeable young man the sisters had ever known, and they were equally delighted with him. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• I seem to have been doing that ever since I knew you, judging from your frequent mention of the fact. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• There were, in fact, but few things which Luttrell did not vote a tax on life, being one of the most dissatisfied men I ever knew. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• One was the fact that his father should, according to his account, cry 'Cooee! 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• In fact, he did not know anything about the station, anyway. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• It was, in fact, the cause of my throwing myself in Mr Boffin's way, and entering his service. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Its great interest for the history of thought lies in the fact that it is the result of seeking the constant in the variable, the unitary principle in the multiple phenomena of nature. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• At the old lodgings it was understood that he was summoned to Dover, and, in fact, he was taken down the Dover road and cornered out of it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Mrs. Bulstrode did not wish to go nearer to the facts than in the phrase make some amends; knowing that her husband must understand her. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• You see all _facts_ go to prove what I say. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Those were very simple facts, and my judgment went no farther. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• It is more laborious to accumulate facts than to reason concerning them; but one good experiment is of more value than the ingenuity of a brain like Newton's. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• It is at present a quite inexplicable story, and we give these preposterous facts with no attempt to rationalize them. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The influence of analogy led him to invent 'parallels and conjugates' and to overlook facts. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Those are the facts of the case, Doctor, and if they are of any use to your collection, I am sure that they are very heartily at your service. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• I have heard professors reply that it wasn't their business to discuss human nature but to record and interpret economic and political facts. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• No one expects the young to make original discoveries of just the same facts and principles as are embodied in the sciences of nature and man. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• But come, I will lift a portion of the veil, and place you in possession of facts which may be of use to you in the future. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• You can call my attention to all these facts, retorted Crispin promptly, but you don't enter that house until I know what you are going to do. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Here at least were intelligible facts regarding landscape--far-reaching proofs productive of genuine satisfaction. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• It is hoped that these facts will demonstrate to the Northern people that negro soldiers cannot cope with Southerners. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• It is a hereditary matter; so in order to give you an idea of the facts, I must go back to the commencement of the affair. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.

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