home truth

英 [ˌhəʊm ˈtruːθ]

美 [ˌhoʊm ˈtruːθ]

n.  使人不愉快的事实(通常由别人告知); (关于某人的)大实话

牛津词典

noun

• 使人不愉快的事实（通常由别人告知）；（关于某人的）大实话
  a true but unpleasant fact about a person, usually told to them by sb else
  1. It's time you told him a few home truths.
     现在你该给他讲点实话了。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （通常由别人告知的关于自己的）不愉快的事实，逆耳之言
  Home truthsare unpleasant facts that you learn about yourself, usually from someone else.
  1. We held a team meeting and a few home truths were spelled out.
     我们开了一个队内会议，互相说了些不中听的话。

英英释义

noun

• an important truth that is unpleasant to acknowledge (as about yourself)

双语例句

• The stereotype of grandparents sitting at home with a blanket over their knees could not be further from the truth.
  传统印象中，祖父母膝上搭条毯子在家待着的情景已经不复存在。
• In the heart of not a few consumers, always think that "low carbon" home embarks for certain amount to top price load in the home, the truth is really not so.
  在不少消费者的心目中，总以为“低碳”家装就一定等于高价家装，事实并非如此。
• Lucille's home was very grandly called a chateau, though in truth it was nothing more than a large moated farm.
  露西尔的家美其名曰城堡，事实上不过是一座壕沟环绕的大农场。
• Compare with definition and evaluation standards at home and abroad, from the development tendency, it can reflect the national characteristic, which making situation itself as a starting point, seeking truth from facts.
  将国内外准则进行比较，从比较中发现我国会计准则的特色，是以自身国情为出发点，坚持实事求是。
• Home is an inner state of being in which one has returned unto one's own truth.
  家是一个人回归到自身真相中的内在状态。
• This will help drive home the meaning of the new words. A witness in court is obligated to tell the truth.
  这有助于把这些生词的意义讲清楚。证人在法庭上有义务讲清事实真象。
• This is a a home truth, but I have to refer to it again to remind myself to turn to the direction compatible with me and walk this way on and on.
  这是一个老生常谈的话题了，但是我不得不再次提起它来提醒我自己：转向适合自己的方向，沿着这条路持续前行。
• We held a team meeting and a few home truths were spelled out.
  我们开了一个队内会议，互相说了些不中听的话。
• Your home is in the higher dimensions, and we find that you are coming round to realizing the truth of this statement.
  你的灵魂家庭来自更高的维度，我们发现你正在更加明白事实的真理。
• When he arrives home from school that day, he says to his mother," I know the whole truth. "
  那天放学回家，他对他的妈妈说：“我知道所有的真相。”