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

• He believes that university is the spiritual home to pursue freedom and truth, and spiritual interaction is the most important path to achieve.
  他认为大学是追求自由和真理的精神家园，而精神交往是最重要的实现路径。
• In the heart of not a few consumers, always think that "low carbon" home embarks for certain amount to top price load in the home, the truth is really not so.
  在不少消费者的心目中，总以为“低碳”家装就一定等于高价家装，事实并非如此。
• He observes this home budgeting truth that "there is no typical month" to be a lot like agile development and our use of velocity
  他注意到家庭预算的事实那就是“没有具有代表性的月份”与敏捷开发以及我们使用的生产率非常相似
• 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。
• 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。
• Their implosion, after years of rapid expansion abroad, rammed home the unpleasant truth that banks may be global in life but are national in death.
  在经历了为期数年的急速海外扩张后，这些银行在一夜之间轰然倒塌，猛然揭示了令人不安的事实：银行可以作为全球企业存在，但只能作为民族企业消亡。
• We were walking quickly because she just wanted to get home ( and so did I, truth be told).
  我们走得很快，因为她一心想快点到家（事实上我也是）。
• 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。
• 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。
• Your home is in the higher dimensions, and we find that you are coming round to realizing the truth of this statement.
  你的灵魂家庭来自更高的维度，我们发现你正在更加明白事实的真理。