verity

英 [ˈverəti]

美 [ˈverəti]

n.  (关于生命的)信念，准则; 真理; 客观事实

复数：verities　

法律

BNC.13508 / COCA.25873

牛津词典

noun

• （关于生命的）信念，准则，真理
  a belief or principle about life that is accepted as true
  1. the eternal verities of life
     生命永恒的真理
• 真理；客观事实
  truth

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 真理;事实
  Theveritiesof something are all the things that are believed to be true about it.
  1. ...some verities of human nature.
     人性中一些真实的东西

英英释义

noun

• an enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic truth
• conformity to reality or actuality
  1. they debated the truth of the proposition
  2. the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat
  3. he was famous for the truth of his portraits
  4. he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities
  Synonym:truththe truetrueness

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