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

• It is a fact of life is that many governments have strict data privacy laws that can impact the physical and logical disposition of certain data.
  一个不争的事实是，许多政府都有严格的数据隐私法律，可以影响某种数据的物理和逻辑配置。
• We must all die some timethat's just a fact of life.
  我们终有一死，这就是生活的现实。
• 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。
• 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。
• Unfortunately we live in a world where spam is a fact of life.
  不幸的是，我们生活的世界上，垃圾广告是无法更改的事实。
• We accept that as a fact of life.
  我们接受它，这就是生活的一部分。
• Quiet fact of life in a beautiful landscape.
  宁静其实是人生中一道靓丽的风景线。
• That's just a simple fact of life.
  这是生活中的一个简单事实。
• But the logic of public consciousness is a fact of life.
  但公众意识的逻辑乃是一种生活现实，我们必须面对。