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

• Economics must still contend with scarcity as a basic fact of life.
  经济学仍然必须和稀缺相周旋，把稀缺当作生活中一种基本的事实。
• But the logic of public consciousness is a fact of life.
  但公众意识的逻辑乃是一种生活现实，我们必须面对。
• We all make mistakes. it's a fact of life.
  我们都会犯错误，生活就是如此。
• Quiet fact of life in a beautiful landscape.
  宁静其实是人生中一道靓丽的风景线。
• 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。
• Segregation is a fact of life.
  种族隔离成了一种生活现实。
• Your uniqueness is a scientific fact of life.
  你的独特性是有科学根据。
• For most of us, work is the central, dominating fact of life.
  对于我们大多数人来说，工作是生活中主要的、占据着主导地位的一部分。
• We must all die some timethat's just a fact of life.
  我们终有一死，这就是生活的现实。
• 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。