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

• She says such discrimination is a fact of life in Vietnam.
  她说，此类歧视是在越南生活所要面对的一个现实。
• An immutable fact of life.
  生活中不可更改的事实。
• Oil spills seem to unfortunately be a fact of life when drilling and transporting oil from the ocean floor.
  漏油似乎是海底石油钻探和输送过程中很难完全避免的现象。
• 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。
• 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。
• We all make mistakes. it's a fact of life.
  我们都会犯错误，生活就是如此。
• Segregation is a fact of life.
  种族隔离成了一种生活现实。
• 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 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。
• We accept that as a fact of life.
  我们接受它，这就是生活的一部分。