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

• It is a sad fact of life that we cannot count on other people most of the time.
  生活中比较遗憾的一面就是，多数时候，我们是无法指望别人的。
• We consider it a fact of life: after age 30, everything starts to go downhill.
  我们一向认定这是生命的事实：三十岁之后，每件事都开始走下坡。
• The stellar astronomers have to accept low intensity reciprocity failure as a significant fact of life.
  恒星天文学家不得不承认低强度倒易律失效是重大的事实。
• Quiet fact of life in a beautiful landscape.
  宁静其实是人生中一道靓丽的风景线。
• We accept that as a fact of life.
  我们接受它，这就是生活的一部分。
• Segregation is a fact of life.
  种族隔离成了一种生活现实。
• 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。
• Your uniqueness is a scientific fact of life.
  你的独特性是有科学根据。
• It's a basic fact of life that many things "everybody knows" turn out to be wrong.
  一个基本常识是有些大家都知道的事情结果往往是错误的。
• Stress is a fact of life but there are a number of ways you can alter your lifestyle to cope better with stress.
  生活中处处充满了压力，但有很多方法能够改变你的生活方式，让你更好地应对压力。