The truth is always a compound of two half- truths, and you never reach it, because there is always something more to say.
— Tom Stoppard
· Truth
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n. 真理;真相，事實;忠實，忠誠;現實，現實性;
?? tru相信，真實+th抽象名詞 →事實，真理
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他們講真話。
近義：honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness
反義：hypocrisy, imposture, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, truthlessness
n. 場地;復合物;（筑有圍墻的）院子;復合詞;
?? com全部+pound放→全部放到一起→化合物
"Common salt is a compound of sodium and chlorine."
普通食鹽是鈉和氯的化合物。
近義：precinct, room, stance, close, immix, assort
反義：modest, ordinary, oversimplified, plain, bare, stodgy
conj. 因為;
?? cause, cuse 表原因,目的;司法程序,訴訟
"He was arrested because of his political affiliation."
他因所屬政黨的關系而被捕。
近義：since, whereas, for, forasmuchas
adj. 一半的，半個的;
n. 半;一半;（啤酒等飲料的）半品脫;（比賽、音樂會等的）半場;
adv. 一半;部份地;
"He has sunk half his fortune into a new business undertaking."
他已把一半財產投資于一個新企業.
近義：mid, midway, partially, semi
反義：absolutely, off, outright, perfectly, plumb, positively
v. 到達，走到;夠…，抓…;完成;
n. 手腳能夠到的范圍;范圍，區域;影響的范圍，管轄的范圍;
?? 樹（r）下每人（each）都 伸手去夠，但都不能 到達樹尖 網友：yqy 補充：【同】achieve,attain, reach 【辨析】achieve 著重在
"The ball bounced twice before he could reach it."
球彈了兩次他才接到。
近義：obtain, attain, achieve, gain, get, pass