facts of life
英 [fækts ɒv laɪf]
美 [fækts 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
fact of life的复数
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.- 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。
- Stress is a fact of life from time to time for all of us.
- 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.- 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。
- There comes a time when children need to know more than the basic facts of life.
英英释义
noun
- the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
双语例句
- They didn't teach the "facts of life" at my school.
不过我们学校有“生命的秘密”这门课。 - I started to look at this fellow more closely for what he might know about the greater or deeper facts of life.
我开始仔细观察站在前面的这人，想知道他对于人生的更伟大、更深奥的哲理懂得些什么。 - For children with cancer, the facts of life include the facts of death.
对患有癌症的儿童来说，生命的现实之中包含着死亡。 - I suggest that you get some friends over for a girly chat about the facts of life.
我建议你找些朋友，进行一场女孩子之间的交谈，聊聊生活真相。 - Anyone seeking to tackle the problems facing the developing world must remember two simple facts of life.
任何寻求解决发展中国家面临的问题的人必须记住两个严酷的事实。 - Teenage magazines are taking the place of parents in teaching children the facts of life, an official report warns.
一份官方报告发出警告，青少年杂志正在取代父母，充当起对孩子进行性教育的角色。 - His journey is interrupted by a stretch in the Charleston penitentiary, where he learns a few painful facts of life.
就在事业风生水起之时，他被抓入查尔斯顿监狱，服刑期间吃了不少苦头。 - The hard conditions or facts of life can enrich human beings'experiences.
人生中困难的处境可以丰富人的生活阅历。 - 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。 - And since you're no longer children, at least officially, it's time someone tells you the facts of life.
你们已然不是小孩儿了，至少现在有人该告诉你一些关于人生的实情了。