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

• We consider it a fact of life: after age 30, everything starts to go downhill.
  我们一向认定这是生命的事实：三十岁之后，每件事都开始走下坡。
• 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。
• We all make mistakes. it's a fact of life.
  我们都会犯错误，生活就是如此。
• We accept that as a fact of life.
  我们接受它，这就是生活的一部分。
• Segregation is a fact of life.
  种族隔离成了一种生活现实。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It would be best to take Chinese policy as a fact of life.
  最好还是将中国的政策作为一种无法改变的事实来对待。
• 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。