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

• Oil spills seem to unfortunately be a fact of life when drilling and transporting oil from the ocean floor.
  漏油似乎是海底石油钻探和输送过程中很难完全避免的现象。
• 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。
• Quiet fact of life in a beautiful landscape.
  宁静其实是人生中一道靓丽的风景线。
• Segregation is a fact of life.
  种族隔离成了一种生活现实。
• 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。
• Accelerating business change is a fact of life for today's global commercial and institutional entities.
  商业变化的发生越来越快是今天全球商业和机构实体中一个不争的事实。
• 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。
• Mutation has been and always will be an essential fact of life.
  基因突变（变异）过去一直是，将来也还是生命现象中的基本现实存在。
• She says such discrimination is a fact of life in Vietnam.
  她说，此类歧视是在越南生活所要面对的一个现实。
• 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。