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

• Your uniqueness is a scientific fact of life.
  你的独特性是有科学根据。
• 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。
• 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。
• So driving, alas, is a fact of life for me.
  因此，唉，开车成了我生活的一部分。
• An immutable fact of life.
  生活中不可更改的事实。
• That's just a simple fact of life.
  这是生活中的一个简单事实。
• If you have a dog or cat, living with pet hair and fur is a fact of life.
  如果你有一只狗或猫，生活与宠物毛发和皮毛是一个活生生的事实。
• We all make mistakes. it's a fact of life.
  我们都会犯错误，生活就是如此。
• 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 accept that as a fact of life.
  我们接受它，这就是生活的一部分。