facts of life

英 [fækts ɒv laɪf]

美 [fækts 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
fact of life的复数

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。

英英释义

noun

• the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
  Synonym:reproductionprocreationbreeding

双语例句

• Had a man-to-man talk about the facts of life. He is a man of transparent sincerity.
  作了一次关于人生实际的坦率、真诚的谈话。他是一个坦率诚恳的人。
• Doctors and teachers still discuss at what age children should be told the facts of life.
  关于孩子们该在什么年纪接受性知识教育的问题，医生和教师仍在探讨之中。
• One of the great unchangeable facts of life.
  生活中不可改变的伟大事实之一。
• People in large-power-distance counties such as India, Brazil, Singapore, Greece, Venezuela, Mexico, and the Philippines believe that power and authority are facts of life.
  在印度、巴西、新加坡、希腊、委内瑞拉、墨西哥和菲律宾等权利距离较大的国家里，人们相信，权力是生活中的事实。
• Children are always asking awkward questions about the facts of life.
  孩子们总是会问一些有关性识的尴尬问题。
• It's only right for middle school students to learn something about the facts of life.
  对中学生来说学习一些性常识是对的。
• 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。
• You are too trusting; it's one of the hard facts of life that not everybody is as honest as you are.
  你太相信别人了，严酷的现实并不是每个人都像你那样诚实。
• Do you want to get to know the dope of the competition and communicate with the judges? As a cub reporter he would learn the facts of life in the newspaper world.
  想了解赛场内幕，与裁判长面对面交流吗？作为一名初出茅庐的记者，他要了解报界生涯的内幕。
• One day, it will be you sitting here telling some young Turk the facts of life.
  有一天，你会坐在这里教训年轻人生活的道理。